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I completely forgot about the dashboard, I can't remember the last time I looked at it. It used to be such a big deal / selling point of OS X.

by FigBug 9y ago

doomlaser 9y ago
It's where html's <canvas> element came from
sircastor 9y ago
I use it daily. It's on my 2010 era keyboard and I get annoyed when I'm using my laptop and it's not there
- yoz-y 9y ago
  What widgets do you use? I generally prefer the slim widgets that are now available in the today view but I suppose that they can't convey as much information.
  - csydas 9y ago
    Can't speak for the parent, but I still keep a few around just as a quick reference on things: My company does a lot of international work, so I have a row of clocks at different world times set up in a neat row. I also managed to find an old installer for istatpro's widget, which is still my favorite widget of all time (lots of computer usage information at a quick glance, very slim and real time). When I still had a mac as my work computer, I used the calendar widget frequently. I also had some webpage made widgets of our Salesforce reports and tools to quickly reference without having to open a tab for salesforce or keep it open elsewhere; the periodic snapshot of the page was enough. I keep a 5 day weather forecast up as well with some basic weather information. I use it as...a dashboard honestly. Every time I find myself frequently searching for common information, I find a widget for it and swipe over quickly. They use almost no resources, they're always fast to update when I need the information, and they're out of the way. Maybe it's just because I was really excited about Dashboard from way back when and it's part of my workflow, but I find it super useful still for managing a lot of "often needed needed but not in real-time" data points on a single laptop screen.
tinus_hn 9y ago
It’s a testament to the fact that widgets generally don’t add enough value to be worth the hassle.

I completely forgot about the dashboard, I can't remember the last time I looked at it. It used to be such a big deal / selling point of OS X.

by FigBug 9y ago

I completely forgot about the dashboard, I can't remember the last time I looked at it. It used to be such a big deal / selling point of OS X.

doomlaser 9y ago

It's where html's <canvas> element came from

sircastor 9y ago

I use it daily. It's on my 2010 era keyboard and I get annoyed when I'm using my laptop and it's not there

yoz-y 9y ago
What widgets do you use? I generally prefer the slim widgets that are now available in the today view but I suppose that they can't convey as much information.
- csydas 9y ago
  Can't speak for the parent, but I still keep a few around just as a quick reference on things: My company does a lot of international work, so I have a row of clocks at different world times set up in a neat row. I also managed to find an old installer for istatpro's widget, which is still my favorite widget of all time (lots of computer usage information at a quick glance, very slim and real time). When I still had a mac as my work computer, I used the calendar widget frequently. I also had some webpage made widgets of our Salesforce reports and tools to quickly reference without having to open a tab for salesforce or keep it open elsewhere; the periodic snapshot of the page was enough. I keep a 5 day weather forecast up as well with some basic weather information. I use it as...a dashboard honestly. Every time I find myself frequently searching for common information, I find a widget for it and swipe over quickly. They use almost no resources, they're always fast to update when I need the information, and they're out of the way. Maybe it's just because I was really excited about Dashboard from way back when and it's part of my workflow, but I find it super useful still for managing a lot of "often needed needed but not in real-time" data points on a single laptop screen.

tinus_hn 9y ago

It’s a testament to the fact that widgets generally don’t add enough value to be worth the hassle.