Apple Mac OS X Tiger 10.4 NL CD Mac Retail M9639N/A Merkblatt

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Dashboard
Instant access to widgets. 
Features
Track information right from your desktop
• Standard suite of widgets, including 
Weather, Flight Tracker, Stocks, Dictionary, 
Phone Book, and more
• Instant access with the click of an icon
• Dazzling Exposé-like animation
• High performance and reliability
• Hide, show, add, and rearrange widgets to 
suit your needs
• Open multiple instances of a widget
• Clickable links that integrate widgets with 
applications and the Internet 
• Customizable widget preferences
• Automatic installation when downloading 
widgets using Safari
Create your own widgets
• Develop widgets using industry-standard web 
technologies—HTML, JavaScript, and CSS
• Create a widget using only a text editor 
and browser, such as TextEdit and Safari; 
no installer code required
• Use Internet (Safari) plug-ins
• Create custom plug-ins to access sophisti-
cated Tiger technologies including Quartz, 
QuickTime, Core Audio, and Core Image
• Execute UNIX commands, UNIX scripts, and 
AppleScript scripts; open applications and 
other widgets from within a widget
• Incorporate popular web security technolo-
gies, including SHTML, SHTTP, SSL, and cookies
Technology Brief
Mac OS X: Dashboard
Dashboard offers a dazzling way to quickly access a new class of convenient, lightweight 
applications called widgets. Just click the icon, and widgets such as a calculator, a clock, 
or a stock ticker appear instantly on your screen. With another click, they vanish just as 
quickly.
To get you started, Apple includes a variety of widgets in Mac OS X version 10.4 “Tiger” 
that will help you follow stocks, check the weather, track a flight, translate a phrase, look 
up words, find an address, and much more. You can arrange your widgets in Dashboard 
any way you like, and you can add more widgets to your collection.
Dashboard is also a platform for development. It is based on the popular industry-
standard technologies HTML, JavaScript, and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). So, if you 
have the knack for building web pages or can do a little programming, you can create 
your own widget.
Dashboard widgets float gracefully above the desktop and provide convenient access to 
important tools and information.