Why is Konfabulator "Pretty?"

[Richard Gaskin]

Stephen Barncard wrote:

>> I believe for certain that a widget like the Konfabulator clock could be
>> done with Rev, but I don't have the faintest idea of how to begin, and it
>> seems like it would be a big project. (I'm going to start on it right 
>> now!)
>> However, Konfabulator seems to make this pretty easy for a casual author.
>>
> Bill - it's been done. You should search the list about two months back 
> -- there was a long active thread about creating a clock in Rev in 
> minimum code and processor load. Several on this list were competing for 
> the cleanest, smartest code. It got down to less than 10 lines I think. 

Meanwhile the Dashboard implementation of Clock is driven by 28k of 
JavaScript, in addition to the HMTL and CSS to present it.

10 lines vs 28k -- not sure the Konfab paradigm is easier for developers 
after all.....

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