After several complains from pre-3.0 Konfabulator users, Yahoo had finally released a new version of Yahoo Widget Engine (YWE). This version (3.0.1) fixes most of the bugs present on the last version.
From the change log:
- Improved upgrade path from pre-3.0 installs. We now migrate preferences for Stock Ticker, The Weather, and PIM Overview correctly to Yahoo! Stock Ticker, Yahoo! Weather, and Day Planner. We also now adjust the user’s loaded and recent Widgets lists so that the Widgets launch as expected after the upgrade completes.
- Fixed crash when unescaping a string with bogus escape codes in it.
- Fixed problem in animations that could lead to a crash if a function object went out of scope.
- Fixed Traditional Chinese string file. Was leading to a crash on startup.
It’s good that Yahoo offered this new version soon after the release date of YWE 3.0. I think that Yahoo really made a mistake not doing a proper upgrade path from Konfabulator 1.x / 2.x to 3.0. Some old Konfabulator users had been traumatized and pledged not to upgrade again since the good old Konfabulator 2.x is working fine anyway.
Link:
Yahoo Widget Engine (previously Konfabulator)
