First Apple Lesson

Dashboard Widgets

Dashboard itself is the environment where information and utilities are shown. The information and utilities are embodied in widgets. Multiple widgets can exist in Dashboard at any given time. Users have complete control over what widgets are visible and can freely move them anywhere they please within Dashboard. The widgets are shown and hidden along with Dashboard, and they share Dashboard. When Dashboard is dismissed, the widgets disappear along with it.
A widget is a mini-application that exists exclusively in Dashboard. From a user perspective, it behaves as a program should: it shows useful information or helps them obtain information with a minimum of required input.
A widget is a self-contained piece of code that you can move into, out of and anywhere inside the sidebar area.

Using them

Click on any widget from the “Available Widgets” box in to your “Widget” box, they will go to your dashboard, and then you can move them around until you get the layout you want. You can download many more to go on your dashboard.

Opening them

If a widget has settings, it will show a small icon on the right after it has been dropped into your “Dashboard” some require you to be on the Internet others you don’t have to be.
Click outside the widget area to close and go back to the previous screen.