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    December 12

    Yahoo毁了Konfabulator

    桌面工具软件Konfabulator自从被Yahoo买进之后,就改名叫Yahoo Widgets。今天,这个软件升级到3.0,也改了名字,叫Yahoo Widget Engine。想想最近Yahoo的大手笔还是挺多的,上周收购了社会性网络书签Del.icio.us,推出了新的Yahoo Answers Beta。看来杨致远的野心不小。

    Update:虽然升级了,但是新版本还远不如旧版本,比如:

    1.Yahoo特别希望你牢记你的密码,就连查个电视节目(Yahoo TV)也要你输入ID和密码。结果这次Yahoo把这个习惯带到它的桌面上来了。查天气,密码;查笔记本,密码;查邮件,密码。看来它对用户的安全很不放心阿,就连用户在自己的电脑上,也要狂问密码。

    2.夹带Yahoo! Messenger,上次装Acrobat Reader就种了一次招,而且它顺便帮我装了工具栏,还是IE和Firefox一起装,真为我考虑阿。这次装Konfabulator,长了个心眼,才躲过一劫。老实说这种下三烂的强行推销手段,只有间谍软件的作者才会使用。堂堂Yahoo居然也用这种手段,好像生怕别人不知道它有个Messenger一样的。

    3.旧的插件很多都不能用,因为这次Yahoo把运行引擎改了,所以很多依靠旧引擎工作的插件都出了问题

    4.对插件作者的不信任。当我用新引擎打开非Yahoo制作的插件时,居然跳出来一个安全警告。好像所有的插件非得要挂了Yahoo的名字,才算安全一样。不知道软件作者看到了会怎么想?失去了作者们的信任,谁会全心全力帮你做插件?

    欣慰的是,Yahoo在毁掉Konfabulator之前,把名字改了。从此Konfabulator虽然遭到了Yahoo的毁灭,但是却留的一个好名声。而Yahoo Widgets,恐怕要遭人唾骂了。

     

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    Mar. 25
    Picture of Anonymous
    小小纳兰 wrote:
    我也是,装了后老是说遇到问题需要关闭。
    Dec. 14
    Picture of Anonymous
    dodo wrote:
    可以试试一个叫Kapsules的
    Dec. 13
    Picture of Anonymous
    guoshuang1 wrote:
    原来装Konfabulator就感觉不太好用,折磨我可怜的机器。昨天yahoo收购再装,一,抱错;安装好后,打不开,简直是....
    Dec. 13
    Picture of Anonymous
    知无涯 wrote:
    做派小了点
    Dec. 13
    Picture of Anonymous
    my36z wrote:
    这里装都装不了啊
    Dec. 13

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