Dashboard's ineffectiveness Oct10 '07
A while ago I talked about using OS X Dashboard to reduce dependence on the browser. The Dashboard offers a simple, at-a-glance view of important information, in the form of "widgets."
Since that time, I've grown increasingly frustrated with Dashboard's "lag time" whenever I switch to it. Unless you've accessed Dashboard recently (ie: in the past hour or so), you'll have to wait while each individual widget loads itself. The whole idea is to have "information at your fingertips," but the "lag time" makes it almost useless. I don't want to wait five or ten seconds for everything to load - I want it instantly.
In most cases, it's just quicker to use the browser, which is already open and running.
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