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Dashboard = dead
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Honestly, I use Dashboard for a few things:grabberslasher said:I use it for Stickies and weight/currency/etc conversion. Not much else
- Weather in 3 different cities
- Clocks in the US and Europe
- UPS/FedEx/DHL package tracking
- "X Days Until" countdowns
- System Stats
I have a few other widgets that I use from time to time, but those stay on my Dashboard regularly and I use them a few times a day. I loved Konfabulator, but Dashboard keeps them out of the way.
michaelrjohnson said:
It certainly pertains to ones usage and preferences as you say. I have dashboard attached to my middle mouse button which takes little effort to press. I normally only check the weather before I leave and my gmail account is only used for internet orders and the like so I typically know when messages are coming in. The gmail messages are rare enough that it doesn't necessitate having its own icon on my menu bar.
I'm not saying Dashboard is completely perfect but... I think it's very good for the purpose it is trying to serve.
Wow. I use my Dashboard all the time. I have weather, like to check on the temp of my CPU, word of the day, stock prices, dictionary and wikipedia widgets. I think I use it atleast 4 times a day, minimun of once to update word if the day. I cant live without it
Oh, I also have world clock
Oh, I also have world clock
Dashboard Sucks
I personally hate dashboard , half the time I forget that its there and then when I remember it, there not much there cause I always forget to add more widgets to it. Plus it takes system resources and resources generate unneccessary processor heat. All in All, Dashboard sucks bring back Sherlock!
I personally hate dashboard
, half the time I forget that its there and then when I remember it, there not much there cause I always forget to add more widgets to it. Plus it takes system resources and resources generate unneccessary processor heat. All in All, Dashboard sucks bring back Sherlock!
bigrell486 said:I personally hate dashboard
So 2 out of the 3 reason you hate it are because you forget it's there and because you fail to put widgets on it when you remember it.
As for your 3rd reason... if you don't have many widgets on it is it really taking up a ton of resources?
i have a bunch of widgets... a family guy quote generator, cocktail drink recipe list thing, espn (which uses a lot of cpu), iStat (which i use the most to look at my temps (which there's no real point in me doing anyway)).
my most useful ones are the post-it note one, dictionary, iCal (that displays my events), and weather.
but i know what you mean, i could go without any of these things.
my most useful ones are the post-it note one, dictionary, iCal (that displays my events), and weather.
but i know what you mean, i could go without any of these things.
whooleytoo said:
egads I hope not. At least, not exclusively. As long as they leave the pull-down access intact, I'm OK with it. Hear that Steve & devteam? Leave System Preferences in the Apple pull-down!!
I agree with wanting to see some of the widgets' functions all of the time. I think that's why I don't use it, because for Gmail checker, iTunes control, CPU temp, weather - I have all of these on the menu bar.
I can see them all of the time so Dashboard is redundant. Calculator is in the dock and if I'm converting or wanting a dicitonary, I'll Launchbar (via Google) them.
I do see it being incredibly useful to some people though. Just not me
I can see them all of the time so Dashboard is redundant. Calculator is in the dock and if I'm converting or wanting a dicitonary, I'll Launchbar (via Google) them.
I do see it being incredibly useful to some people though. Just not me
I use it all the time, mostly for quick dictionary lookup and the stickies. I also have an apple logo widget for no apparent reason.
As a Dashboard Widget developer, I think they are very handy, fun to develop and help me hone my HTML, CSS, and Javascript skills. And my World Cup widget was quite well-received around here.
I am quite looking forward to the rumored Dashcode development environment.
I am quite looking forward to the rumored Dashcode development environment.
i cant believe no one has stated the most awesome of dashboard widgets! movies times ! ! well.. its important to me, im at the theater at least twice a week. other than that i use the weather widget. over a gig of ram, i got resources to spare.
How can the rubber chicken widget not be considered useful?
Or, the Lightsaber one..
Or the bouncing ball....
Or, the Lightsaber one..
Or the bouncing ball....
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I use Dashboard from top right hot corner to look at my one stock (Apple). That's all I use it for. If I knew how to kill it I would. How is this done? I also noticed in activity monitor it takes up undue resources. Some widgets are unbearably slow, like the translation one. I go to systran's website over using the widget every time.
Would those who think their widgets are using too much resources please post screen captures (or similar) of your Activity Monitor. I'm curious.
I always have the weather widget up, one sticky to keep things i am moving around, or info that i don't need to keep for to long(ex. UPS tracking numbers) I have the macrumors widget up most of the time, I also have stocks widget up on a regular basis. Its nice to keep track of apple, google and the canadian dollar.
It took me a while but I'm in the habit of using it now, quite often. It's like Exposé for me in that it's a new way of using the Mac and I needed time to get used to it.