Non-Mac Tiger users who would like to give dashboard widgets a try then this will be good news: Konfabulator 2 has been released and it’s less expensive $19.95 than it was before ($24.95). Konfabulator was the true innovator of widgets, which are technically little pieces of code that do things on your desktop. For example, I’m using a widget to track MLB sports scores as well as find out what’s on TV.

The neat thing about Konfabulator vs. Tiger Dashboard Widgets is that Konfabulator widgets can be visiable all the time whereas on Tiger Dashboard you need to toggle them on/off via F12.

Konfabulator is less than the $129 for Tiger (not to mention an external DVD drive if you are an eMac user without the DVD drive). Only $60 at the student price, BTW, for Tiger, but still more expensive than Konfabulator. There’s nearly 1,000 Konfabulator widgets and only a couple hundred Tiger Dashboard Widgets, though the numbers are increasing fast.

Those interested in more Mac coverage can find me blogging almost exclusively about Macs over at my Mac blog. I don’t update every day because I don’t use the Mac every day, but whenever I’m at the Mac keyboard I will usually update my Mac travels there. That tends to be more often on the weekends at home since that’s where the Mac is at.