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Dashboard (macOS)

Dashboard is a discontinued feature of Apple Inc.'s macOS operating systems, used as a secondary desktop for hosting mini-applications known as widgets. These are intended to be simple applications that do not take time to launch. Dashboard applications supplied with macOS included a stock ticker, weather report, calculator, and notepad; while users…

Creation of widgets, Included widgets & Comparison with Konfabulator

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Operating system
Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger to macOS 10.14 Mojave
Stable release
1.8 (July 20, 2011; 15 years ago (2011-07-20)) [±]
Type
Widget engine

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Widget functions and capabilities

Graphics

Creation of widgets

Comparison with Konfabulator

Included widgets

Widgets on iOS

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Dashboard (macOS)

Nodes77
Edges76
Triples6
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025974
Components1

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Dashboard (macOS)

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Operating system · 1
Dashboard (macOS) → Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger to macOS 10.14 Mojave
Stable release · 1
Dashboard (macOS) → 1.8 (July 20, 2011; 15 years ago (2011-07-20)) [±]
Type · 1
Dashboard (macOS) → Widget engine
Website · 1
Dashboard (macOS) → www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/

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widgets dashboard widget macos 10 os mac also ios apple web konfabulator users user included tiger javascript used create one

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Dashboard (macOS)Operating systemMac OS X 10.4 Tiger to macOS 10.14 Mojave1.00infobox
Dashboard (macOS)Stable release1.8 (July 20, 2011; 15 years ago (2011-07-20)) [±]1.00infobox
Dashboard (macOS)TypeWidget engine1.00infobox
Dashboard (macOS)Websitewww.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/1.00infobox
the Apple Slider.When a Dashboard widget is builtinstance ofThere is widget API allows the widgets to use Mac-specific interface elements0.80text
it usually consists of six filesinstance ofThere is widget API allows the widgets to use Mac-specific interface elements0.80text

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