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Ajax draggable dashboard interface (like MacOSX)

submitted by jalenack 19 days ago (via http://mooglets.freewebsfarms.…)

Moo.fx team just released this amazing interface that works like google home but much slicker. So long pageflakes and netvibes. (real browsers only)

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by idris on 8/04/06

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These guys never cease to amaze me...
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1. by snipehack on 8/04/06
  
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  It's a dupe: http://digg.com/software/Mooglets_RSS_in_Ajax_with_Great_Interface
2. by motang on 8/04/06
  
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  Yeah that is pretty cool, I want to get into AJAX one of these days. I guess after my senior project is a good time.
by ryanstoutster on 8/04/06

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I like the interface, it has some nice effects
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by gleekme on 8/04/06

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wow, smooth mooves
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by mixd on 8/04/06

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feels much lighter than most other apps like this - and looks better - good job moo
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by kamicane on 8/04/06

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I really like the fact the mooglets snap back in position when you drag them out of the visible area!
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by Heloym on 8/04/06

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Totally awesome, ultra light and fresh. Feels like a true Mac Osx Widget, amazing!
I think i will rethink my personal website...another time ;-)
Cool work guys, rocks like no others.
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by jmerox on 8/04/06

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pretty slick... it's funny how JS applications are starting to look more and more like flash.
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by Jero on 8/04/06

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Sweetness
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by Dars on 8/04/06

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genius.
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by nickelLoafers on 8/04/06

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Personally, I dont think this is anything special. Programming something in JS to be drag and drop is easy, programming something to snap inside two objects (like netvibes) is a bit harder. Nothing on this page is new, it's all been done by several others. Protopage (http://www.protopage.com/v2) has done this for a long time, with more effects (like resizing objects) and more options to put on it.
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1. by shrimpdesign on 8/04/06
  
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  If you think it's about the programming, think again. Mooglets is all about style. I followed your link to Protopage .. and it was significantly uglier.
  
  Anyways, when dragging elements on Protopage they jerk around; it's not smooth. Mooglets is very smooth.
  
  Often the best things in computing don't invent, they improve. Mooglets isn't making something new, they're making something better.
  
  As Heloym said above, it's clean and fresh. Protopage is cluttered,
by dars1 on 8/04/06

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yes.. my evil twin is in fact correct, your are genius's.
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by elder on 8/04/06

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Oh yes, i truly love that. That is gummy & happy.
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by diggone on 8/04/06

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good job. you got it. i like to dig :)
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by Atomic1fire on 8/04/06

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javascript is changing the way we digg things
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1. by er0k on 8/04/06
  
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  oops
by er0k on 8/04/06

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pfff not ditching netvibes for that
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by WATYF on 8/04/06

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Not compatible with IE6 on WinXP???

I'll probably get dug down for this, but... I don't care how much of a "purist" you are, if you can't make your newest "gadget" work with the most prominent (by far) web browser on the planet, then you aren't doing a very good job. Whether you think some other browser is "better" or not is irrelevent, because this isn't even a useable product in the "real world". No one in their right mind would ever use this on a production website and expect the hordes of people that use IE to just say, "oh... ok... I'll just go install another browser just so I can view your webpage". That's a bit delusional.

Not to mention that many people at businesses have no choice but to use what their company provides for them (almost always IE) and that leaves all of them out in the cold.

I found the interface to be pretty smooth (not noticeably different than Google Home, though)... but the "add a mooglet" feature didn't work for anything other than what was already on the screen (I guess those ones aren't done yet?). The look and feel was nice (nice transparency), but I'd still mark this as lame for woefully insufficient compatibility.

WATYF
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1. by shrimpdesign on 8/04/06
  
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  You know, it's in beta.
  
  Since IE compatibility is hard to achieve, instead of not supporting it, do you think maybe they're going to add it later? Did you even think about that? Did you look it up? It seems you just made assumtions about mooglets from the front page instead of finding out if they're working towards IE compatibility.
  
  Basically: think before you rant.
2. by WATYF on 8/04/06
  
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  In it's current state... it is what it is... incompatible. I'm really not interested in researching this product's entire developement so I can make a future proof statement... I'm talking about now. And right now, I can't even test the thing out at work, so it's not very good, even for beta.
  
  And if I had to *guess* about whether or not they're going to add it... well... their own website definitely doesn't suggest so... when you go there using IE6, you get this friendly message:
  
  "Sorry, mooglets works only with standards-compliant browsers. Since you are on windows, why dont you get... Firefox."
  
  My rant was based on *their* own suggestion that I download another browser, instead of them saying, "Hey... we're working on IE compatibility, please be patient."
  
  WATYF
3. by shrimpdesign on 8/04/06
  
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  Ah I see.
  
  Well, IE is a bugger. I can't say I blame them.
by halokiller27 on 8/13/06

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This Rules nuff said use it right now
http://mooglets.freewebsfarms.com/
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