While I was fooling around in the Dashboard, I came across the "More Widgets" button, which takes you to Apple's (surprisingly still active) Dashboard downloads page.
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/
Now, I don't know if I'm alone in this, but I had no idea the Dashboard functioned almost exactly like iOS in general before it existed. It's got a wide range of selection, including games and "Just For Fun" widgets. All of the ones I've come across work with Tiger, but many of the downloads are deprecated, so you will need to feed the download link to the WayBack Machine. Here are my favorites, so far.
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/codebreaker.html
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/marsexplorer_aubreyfalconer.html
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/openfiregoldwidget.html
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/pongclock.html
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/widgetmonkey.html (Download link broken, working one from WayBack Machine here: https://web.archive.org/web/2008030...dgetmonkeys.com/widgets/WidgetMonkey.wdgt.zip)
It would be a great idea to snag DashQuit, too. Frees up loose memory by quitting Dashboard. Really useful.
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/dashquit.html
Examining from a different point of view, the Dashboard is actually a lot like having your own integrated version of iOS, especially versions 1 through 3. You've got a Calendar widget, a Contacts widget, a Stocks widget, Maps, Weather, Clock, Calculator, Music, etc.
All in all, I think this, in my eyes at least, is just one more capability of the PowerPC Mac and that it's interesting that this was essentially iOS's predecessor. Worth a look if you have the time.
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/
Now, I don't know if I'm alone in this, but I had no idea the Dashboard functioned almost exactly like iOS in general before it existed. It's got a wide range of selection, including games and "Just For Fun" widgets. All of the ones I've come across work with Tiger, but many of the downloads are deprecated, so you will need to feed the download link to the WayBack Machine. Here are my favorites, so far.
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/codebreaker.html
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/marsexplorer_aubreyfalconer.html
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/openfiregoldwidget.html
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/pongclock.html
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/games/widgetmonkey.html (Download link broken, working one from WayBack Machine here: https://web.archive.org/web/2008030...dgetmonkeys.com/widgets/WidgetMonkey.wdgt.zip)
It would be a great idea to snag DashQuit, too. Frees up loose memory by quitting Dashboard. Really useful.
https://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/dashquit.html
Examining from a different point of view, the Dashboard is actually a lot like having your own integrated version of iOS, especially versions 1 through 3. You've got a Calendar widget, a Contacts widget, a Stocks widget, Maps, Weather, Clock, Calculator, Music, etc.
All in all, I think this, in my eyes at least, is just one more capability of the PowerPC Mac and that it's interesting that this was essentially iOS's predecessor. Worth a look if you have the time.
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