There were plenty of other snarky comments that mirrored Karchner's, too. It's somewhat perplexing, then, that the newest version of OS X-Mountain Lion, just released on Wednesday-still supports the Dashboard.Īnd we're not the only ones who think this: 'I was surprised that Dashboard still exists in Mountain Lion,' Ross M. Indeed, there are many (OK, some) that are still functioning, but most of the ones in Apple's Dashboard widget listing are not in active development, while many are barely even maintained. The rest of us apparently continue to hobble along with Dashboard, using long-outdated widgets and clinging to the often-misguided hope that someone-anyone-will maintain the ones we've come to rely on in our everyday lives. They're quite stagnant and useless with an iOS device nearby,' Ken Fager added.ĭo you still use the OS X Dashboard? It turns out that a good number of Mac users don't-or at least those who follow Ars (and me) on Twitter. 'Does anyone actually use Dashboard widgets?' Chris MacDonald said.

'The first thing I do when I buy a new Mac is '$ killall Dock' to stop the resource sucking widgets,' Enso Cloud tweeted at me last week.

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