Re:I tried it a year or so back... (Score 1)

Well, there is a thing in Konfabulator called "Konsposé" or what - basically "another desktop", where only your widgets live.

This means you can configure widgets to live only in Konsposé-space - no screen real estate used by them in normal view, then you hit F8 and now you see only your widgets. F8 again, and you are back to your desktop. Why is this good? Now, I've got at the moment a big digital clock, CPU/MEM usage gauges, a calendar, a todo list, a gmail inbox checker, a desktop wallpaper chooser and an animated hula-hula girl configured Konsposé-only. Far easier to use than a customized Firefox - at least for me. Have been happily using it now for months.

So, at least access easiness-wise, Konfabulator can be far better than some overconfig'ed Firefox (imho, certainly). And it's sort of nicey. And I've got a hula-hula girl. And no freakin' two clicks and alt-tabbing, just one hit on F8 (ok, two to switch back also).

Just my 2 cents.