42. DashboardThe OS X Dashboard (see Figure 15), summoned with a keystroke or a click of the mouse, is a dedicated space for hosting widgetstiny applications that speed repetitive tasks or pull information from the Web. With Dashboard widgets, my calculator, the weather, sports scores, headlines, and other services are never more than a click away. Figure 15. The Dashboard is a dedicated space for hosting informative microapplications called "widgets."In Leopard, the Dashboard allows you to highlight a piece of any web page and transform it into your personal, automatically updated widget. And thanks to Dashboard syncing, changes made to one widget on one of your Macs can be automatically reflected on the others. Want more out of widgets? Make the switch. |