Kar amba ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁necessary ▁and ▁e . g . ▁" K icker " ▁was ▁re - im plement ed ▁as ▁such ▁a ▁desktop ▁widget . ▁ ▁How ▁it ▁works ▁▁ ▁Auth ors ▁use ▁text ▁files ▁to ▁create ▁them es ▁that ▁define ▁their ▁widget . ▁They ▁then ▁have ▁the ▁option ▁of ▁adding ▁a ▁Python , ▁Ruby ▁or ▁JavaScript ▁script ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁widget ▁interactive . ▁ ▁Possible ▁uses ▁▁▁ ▁Inter active ▁weather ▁forec asts ▁ ▁Control ▁and ▁announ cement ▁of ▁MP 3 ▁playing ▁with ▁X M MS ▁or ▁Am ar ok ▁ ▁Calendar ▁and ▁notes ▁ ▁Original ▁clock s ▁ ▁System ▁monitor ▁for ▁CPU , ▁network , ▁non - rem ov able ▁dis ks ▁ ▁Notification ▁of ▁new ▁messages ▁in ▁mail box es ▁ ▁News ▁tick ers ▁and ▁R SS ▁aggreg ators ▁ ▁Anim ated ▁menu ▁bars ▁ ▁Custom ▁tool bars ▁ ▁Search ▁tools ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁Kar amba ▁was ▁originally ▁written ▁by ▁Hans ▁Karl sson ▁as ▁a ▁school ▁project ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁ ▁It ▁gained ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁popular ity ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁uploaded ▁to ▁K DE - Look ▁and ▁people ▁began ▁writing ▁them es ▁for ▁it . ▁Kar amba ▁only ▁function ed ▁on ▁text ▁files ▁that ▁were ▁written ▁with ▁pseudo - xml ▁format . ▁ ▁It ▁became ▁so ▁popular ▁so ▁quickly ▁that ▁Hans ▁had ▁to ▁hand ▁over ▁the ▁project ▁to ▁others ▁who ▁had ▁time ▁to ▁expand ▁upon ▁what ▁he ▁had ▁begun . ▁ ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁Adam