Ditto... I'll see your widgets and I'll raise you "Launchpad". I just don't use it, as long as it has been part of the OS, as I should. I still stubbornly use the finder or go route for apps.
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macOS Sequoia 15.2 Beta Shows Weather in Menu Bar
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It is a fine feature, good alternative to widget, but how should I squeeze it in already super busy menu bar (with the notch) 
it would be really nice to have some good native menu bar management…
it would be really nice to have some good native menu bar management…
this is 1000% useless. Why even bother with this if you can't show the weather properly. I have latest iOS and watch with watchOS, but it still can't show the basic weather. It is always showing 0% rain, even when its pouring cats and dogs outside! #$%#$%!
I hate the widget bar too.
Bring back the dashboard!!! That was awesome. A full screen place for you to position widgets as you please…. And so much better than littering your desktop with widgets you have to stare at all the time.
And I’m also concerned that the menu bar is getting too full. Dashboard was literally the perfect solution, before Apple trashed it
Menucalendarclock used to be the best app till it was abandoned. Now I use a bit of donationware called itsycal and I works well for me.
Apple doesn't twist your Apple Silicon to use these items in the menu bar. Don't need then don't use but others who do can.
Same here. I have this bad habit of looking at the sky to gauge the weather.
Still missing a calculator widget. And sticky notes widgets. I miss dashboard.
There were latency issues with widgets interacting with the keyboard. Unless those are solved then a calculator use as a widget would be very frustrating.
I kinda do. But I won't really miss it either if it's gone tomorrow. And at this point I only have three widgets on my desktop to spice things up a bit. But again there: I won't really mind if the feature is axed tomorrow. The concept of widgets always seemed really cool and useful, but in practice their usefulness are sorta underwhelming to me. I still use the Menu Bar far more frequently for a quick glance at the time than anything else.
I genuinely don't get the concern here. Most Menu Extras are optional, so just get rid of some things that aren't really necessary. For third-party apps that add a persistent Menu Extra item I simply hide them with Ice. Granted, it would be nice if the latter could be achieved natively by macOS.
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It is what I do, calculations, conversions, so quick and easy to use. Even does weather!
Why would they? Activity Monitor is a debugging tool for when computer "misbehaves", it does not have any information that you need to actively monitor.
You don't have a single reason to care about any of the metrics you've mentioned. Operating system is smart enough to push unnecessary stuff into swap. If your CPU or GPU is pushed to 100%, then you probably already know why.
You don't need AM for software development either. Just use debugging tools of your IDE ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ they're more precise and convenient.
I also recommend everyone to disable these little dots under currently running Mac apps in Dock. Why do I care if the app I need was previously open or not? You just press the icon and get the result. Instantly if lucky; bouncing icon if unlucky.
Modern computers don't require micromanagement, and it's been that way for 15 years. Maybe more.
Agree, Spotlight is super useful, didn't know it did weather though - how do you get it to show?It is what I do, calculations, conversions, so quick and easy to use. Even does weather!
I use Clocker, too, and see sunrise/sunset for each location but no temp - how do you add that?Get Clocker; free widget, shows temp and timezones
I didn't either to be honest, was just trying it out and noticed it did it. For example if you type local weather you get a widget displayed, or weather tomorrow. Or weather [cityname]. It is pretty cool.
Does the same with stock tickers...
I used Spotlight so often, both hands are on the keyboard anyway so a quick apple spacebar press and there it is. Love it.