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Do you use dashboard?
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OK, I'll be the oppositional one!
I have a number of widgets that I use every day. While it is true that the information is available from other sources, I find the widgets collect information for me very conveniently and save me a lot of looking around.
I have a number of widgets that I use every day. While it is true that the information is available from other sources, I find the widgets collect information for me very conveniently and save me a lot of looking around.
OK, I'll be the oppositional one!
I have a number of widgets that I use every day. While it is true that the information is available from other sources, I find the widgets collect information for me very conveniently and save me a lot of looking around.
Which ones do you use?
I almost never use my Dashboard and usually click on it by mistake and remember that it exists.
Yep. Use it every day. I like having quick access to notes, unit converter, world clock, calculator etc.
Which ones do you use?
I almost never use my Dashboard and usually click on it by mistake and remember that it exists.
I use "Delivery Status", iStat Pro, a currency converter, a converter that gives weights, lengths, temperature and about 20 more measurements, a thingy that gives definitions of Technical Terms, and a couple of others.
I probably use stuff that other, more tech savvy folks, don't need.
Remember, I'm not too bright and I need all the help I can get.
Yes, I use it a lot.
Just like I use a few carefully selected widgets on my Android phones, they are a fast and easy way to get info.
It's very handy and one of the features of using a Mac Computer.
Just like I use a few carefully selected widgets on my Android phones, they are a fast and easy way to get info.
It's very handy and one of the features of using a Mac Computer.
I have a terminal (WidgetTerm) residing in Dashboard, I think it's damn useful to get to terminal just by pressing a key.
I also have a command-line calculator, a Pastebin widget, a calendar, a currency converter, a numeric base converter, SVN notifiers and volume ejector (so I don't have to open Finder).
I wish there was a way to dock regular windows to the Dashboard, though. Most of the Google search results are about doing the reverse moving the Dashboard to the desktop, like in Windows 7. Why the heck would I do that?
Unfortunately the Dashboard is clearly a feature that the average user doesn't need, or the one come from Windows doesn't expect. I'd hate to rely on crappy third-party solutions if Apple removes the Dashboard.
I also have a command-line calculator, a Pastebin widget, a calendar, a currency converter, a numeric base converter, SVN notifiers and volume ejector (so I don't have to open Finder).
I wish there was a way to dock regular windows to the Dashboard, though. Most of the Google search results are about doing the reverse moving the Dashboard to the desktop, like in Windows 7. Why the heck would I do that?
Unfortunately the Dashboard is clearly a feature that the average user doesn't need, or the one come from Windows doesn't expect. I'd hate to rely on crappy third-party solutions if Apple removes the Dashboard.
I like the notes, always using the converter and calculator. I hate that it's not as accessible as it used to be, you know the way it used float over your desktop at the squeeze of a mouse. Or is there a way round that in 10.7.5?