For instance, a 3-D flip effect is used to simulate the widget flipping around, by clicking on a small i icon in the right bottom corner, the user can change the preferences on the reverse side other effects include crossfading and scaling from icon to body (when opening widgets), a "spin cycle effect" when a widget is focused and the user presses Command-R or a suck-in effect when they are closed. Graphicsĭashboard uses a variety of graphical effects for displaying, opening, and using widgets.
It is also possible for Mac users to create their own widgets using built-in software. Some widgets can also serve as games, using Adobe Flash (or another multimedia authoring program) to create games just as if they were in a browser. Other widgets, like Wikipedia, grab the contents of web pages and display them within Dashboard. One example is the Google Search widget, which simply opens up the user's browser and performs a Google search. In OS X Yosemite, the Dashboard is disabled by default, as the Notification Center is now the primary method of displaying widgets.ĭashboard widgets, like web pages, are capable of many different things, often to perform tasks that would be tedious or complicated for the user to access manually. Starting with OS X 10.7 "Lion", the Dashboard can be configured as a space, accessed by swiping four fingers to the right from the Desktops either side of it. Alternatively, the user can choose to make Dashboard open on moving the cursor into a preassigned hot corner or keyboard shortcut.
It can be activated as an application, from the Dock, Launchpad or Spotlight. After loading, the widget is ready for use.ĭashboard was first introduced in Tiger. New widgets can be opened, via an icon bar on the bottom of the layer, loading a list of available apps similar to the iOS homescreen or the OS X Launchpad. Like application windows, they can be moved around, rearranged, deleted, and recreated (so that more than one of the same Widget is open at the same time, possibly with different settings). Dashboard applications supplied with OS X include a stock ticker, weather report, calculator and notepad users can create or download their own.īefore OS X 10.7 "Lion", when Dashboard is activated, the user's desktop is dimmed and widgets appear in the foreground. These are intended to be simple applications that do not take time to launch. Dashboard widgets running under OS X 10.11 El Capitanġ.8 (July 20, 2011 11 years ago ( )) ĭashboard is an application for Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X operating systems, used as a secondary desktop for hosting mini-applications known as widgets.
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