| Cross-platform dashboard software is very real. It | | | | dashboard widget works is the Google search |
| is now available to Windows users as well. There | | | | widget. Instead of manually opening a browser |
| used to be a time when Windows users would | | | | and looking for your preferred information, you |
| just drool at the dashboards created by Mac for | | | | can do it directly on the dashboard. |
| back then, they were only available for Mac | | | | The widgets on the dashboard can be dragged |
| computers. But now, they are being ported to | | | | and dropped to the desktop. Simultaneously, you |
| Windows as well. Before we proceed to the | | | | can also bring them back to the dashboard. |
| widgets that can be run on Windows dashboards, | | | | Another option on your part is that you can |
| let us examine what dashboards and widgets are | | | | either put them on the dashboard or on the |
| first. | | | | desktop permanently. It is all up to your |
| A dashboard is an application developed by | | | | preferences. |
| Macintosh for its OS X operating system to run | | | | Not all widgets are available for Windows users |
| small applications called widgets. The dashboard | | | | yet. Many of them are still in the process of |
| can be activated by moving the cursor on a | | | | crossing them from the Mac platform to the |
| preassigned hot corner or pressing a hot key. The | | | | Windows platform. This piece of news has |
| dashboard was created so that users can open | | | | certainly made a lot of Windows users happy. |
| applications that would have been to tedious to | | | | Now, because of these kinds of software, they |
| open manually. The dashboard was then available | | | | will have the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of |
| to Mac operating systems only. But as early as | | | | dashboards while still retaining Windows as their |
| 1994, it was introduced to Windows operating | | | | operating system. |
| systems. | | | | The dashboard weather is one of the few |
| The konfabulator is an engine that allows Mac and | | | | widgets now available to the Windows dashboard. |
| Windows to open and run widgets. Some few | | | | The other widgets also available are world clock |
| examples of these widgets are the following: | | | | and sticky notes. Although they are just few in |
| calculators, a gauge for assessing the strength of | | | | number, developers have promised to make all |
| your WiFi signal, the local and international | | | | the other widgets available not to Mac and |
| weather, stock quotes, and alarm clocks. You | | | | Windows only, but to every other kind of |
| may notice that these applications are just | | | | operating systems in the market today. |
| minuscule compared to other big programs. That | | | | Many people thought that dashboards would be |
| is the whole purpose of dashboard. It was made | | | | confined to just Mac systems. Thanks to a lot of |
| so that you will not have to manually open these | | | | talented individuals, everyone can now enjoy this |
| kinds of applications. All you have to do is click on | | | | feature. Cross-platform dashboard software has |
| the preferred widget that you want to open on | | | | opened a whole new world for a lot of computer |
| the dashboard. One great example of how a | | | | users. |