Apple Confirms Dashboard is Going Away After 14 Years

Honestly I forgot it was even still there.

 

If this article wasn't made, I probably wouldn't have noticed lol

 

I had disabled it, since it tended to consume resources. Not a problem on my current Mac, but with the bliss of time machine recovery, it never was enabled after that.

 

Steve demoing Dashboard for the first time in 2005.

 

Now just waiting to get rid go Launchpad

 

My wife still uses it for the sticky notes, I’ll get her to transfer those to the notes app.

 

It's kind of odd to think that it was a precursor to Steve's iPhone vision. Originally, he intended for the iPhone to run web-apps rather than have an App Store, and Dashboard was a collection of glossy, skeuomorphic, web-apps with rounded rectangular icons and charming-but-cheesy animations.

Two years before we had this:



We had this:

 

It’s a useful resource. I still use it all the time.

 

Very sad! I use it multiple times a day to quickly check on stocks, weathers, packages at a click of a side button on my mouse to have it slide in as an overlay and back out in seconds. Will be something that may make me hold back updating along with the quick editing features of QuickTime 7.

 

For you Dashboard lovers out there, you can convert your current widgets to applications using the now unsupported Amnesty Singles utility. Just google it....

 

I never found a use for it. I still don't know what it's purpose was.

 

That's no good! I added a hot key so I can use the feature daily. It makes it so simple to access Calculator, Stickies, and Conversions. I even have it hooked up so I can control my Hue lights.

Hope they replace with something even better instead of dropping completely.

 

Biggest problem with Dashboard, is that you couldn't "sticky" a widget or widgets on your desktop.

 

Bye old friend. I've used it nearly every day since Tiger, and when I read it was disappearing it was a little sad as I still remember the excitement back then during the Tiger keynote. I've moved a few things in to the notifications bar, but I'll miss Dashboard in its overlay mode. It would of been nice if they left it in the OS disabled by default for those of us that still used it daily

Any suggestions for a Notifications area replacement for the Unit Converter?

 

Information at a glance without needing to load an app, obviously.

I suspect you are also confused by what a notification centres purpose is.

 

I used to use it but haven't for a long time. Still, I'm sentimental and hate to see it go for those who do use it and for sentimental reasons.

 

I did use it for quick access to stick notes for access to simple notes that I need repeatedly using function+f12

 

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

 

I never use it, but that doesn't mean a lot of people rely on it for finding their apps.
I've seen people organize it like their iPhone home screens.
When they first announced it I had such a nostalgia kick from Launcher in the classic Mac OS days - http://www.cbtcafe.com/mactutorials/launcher/launcher.html

 

Likewise, I access it multiple times a day for quick thesaurus and dictionary usage while I’m writing, calculator access, weather updates etc. and will definitely be delaying updating. Sad day.

 

I use it daily as a world clock (9 clock widgets for all the locations that I have team members in). It helps when trying to find an optimal time to schedule meetings when everyone is spread all across the globe. I am open to suggestions on apps to replace this functionality.

 

What is AngerDanger doing in the dock?! Don't tell me he is being retired too!!!

 

Still use it everyday, but I understand it is a dated feature.

 

Looks like some dev will be gettin my money for making an alternative for this!