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Written by Richard Joffray
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Tuesday, 18 October 2005 |
 | The latest craze on my Powerbook G4 laptop are Tiger's
dashboard widgets. Those mini applications that run on a separate
semi-transparent desktop. As soon as I found out how easy they were to
create, I went crazy. A perfect way to bring focused content directly
to an already interested user.
Feel free to download a few that I have done
 Ian Moore Tour Widget (292.64 KB)
 Voice of Vashon Radio Widget (188.96 KB) |
Make your own widget?Don't be timid about trying to write your own widget. They are nothing more than a web page. If you want to do anything fancy you will have to know a little javascript. What better time to learn what you have wanted to learn for so long. These things are really great! (even though I thing Apple really did steal them) Nest thing on my adgenda when I really get some time (hahahah) is to convert the dashboard widgets that I have done to Konfabulator widgets as well
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| Dashboard Programming Guide - This document provides an overview of Dashboard and the widgets that exist in it. It walks you through the creation of a sample widget, discusses optional features that may be implemented in a widget, and touches on native code integration through a widget plug-in. |
| Dashboard Reference - This document contains reference material for creating Dashboard widgets. It documents the JavaScript objects available to widgets and the interfaces used to configure and extend the behavior of a widget. |
| Dashboard Sample Code: Apple Applications - Dashboard is a display and management system for Mac OS X desktop utilities, called widgets. Developers can create widgets, such as a clock or a calculator, to provide functionality that doesn't require the complexity of a large application. Widgets can also act as an interface to other applications; for example, a widget can act as a remote control for iTunes. |
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| Dashboard Programming Guide - This document provides an overview of Dashboard and the widgets that exist in it. It walks you through the creation of a sample widget, discusses optional features that may be implemented in a widget, and touches on native code integration through a widget plug-in. |
| Dashboard Reference - This document contains reference material for creating Dashboard widgets. It documents the JavaScript objects available to widgets and the interfaces used to configure and extend the behavior of a widget. |
| Dashboard Sample Code: Apple Applications - Dashboard is a display and management system for Mac OS X desktop utilities, called widgets. Developers can create widgets, such as a clock or a calculator, to provide functionality that doesn't require the complexity of a large application. Widgets can also act as an interface to other applications; for example, a widget can act as a remote control for iTunes. |
| Learn HTML - Learn by 100 examples! With our editor, you can edit HTML, and click on a test button to view the result. |
| Learn Javascript - JavaScript is the scripting language of the Web! It is used in millions of Web pages to improve the design, validate forms, detect browsers, create cookies, and much more. JavaScript is easy to learn! You will enjoy it! |
| Don't Go Anyhwere! |
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| Stay Fresh |
| Out There On The Web |
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| Dashboard Programming Guide - This document provides an overview of Dashboard and the widgets that exist in it. It walks you through the creation of a sample widget, discusses optional features that may be implemented in a widget, and touches on native code integration through a widget plug-in. |
| Dashboard Reference - This document contains reference material for creating Dashboard widgets. It documents the JavaScript objects available to widgets and the interfaces used to configure and extend the behavior of a widget. |
| Dashboard Sample Code: Apple Applications - Dashboard is a display and management system for Mac OS X desktop utilities, called widgets. Developers can create widgets, such as a clock or a calculator, to provide functionality that doesn't require the complexity of a large application. Widgets can also act as an interface to other applications; for example, a widget can act as a remote control for iTunes. |
| Learn HTML - Learn by 100 examples! With our editor, you can edit HTML, and click on a test button to view the result. |
| Learn Javascript - JavaScript is the scripting language of the Web! It is used in millions of Web pages to improve the design, validate forms, detect browsers, create cookies, and much more. JavaScript is easy to learn! You will enjoy it! |
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