DashboardWidgets News

Apple Design Awards submissions due next week

Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:53:01 GMT

The 12th annual Apple Design Awards will take place at WWDC this year but submissions are due Monday, April 23, 2007. This year, Apple is looking for the most "valuable, relevant, indispensable, and innovative Mac OS X Dashboard...

Dashcode tutorials abound

Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:42:01 GMT

Thanks to their relatively accessible JavaScript and HTML base, Dashboard widgets are fairly easy to create. However, their reliance on actual code has limited their development to those with a bit of experience. That is, until Leopard is released. Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard will include Apple's...

New beta of Dashcode available

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:18:14 GMT

The holidays came early for ADC members last week, when Apple bestowed upon them a beta version of the long rumored,...

Wcode 2.0 released

Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:20:12 GMT

Widget Factor has released version 2.0 of Wcode, their widget creation automating application. "Wcode 2.0 looks better and runs smoother than ever. It's new and improved template system allows anyone to design, share, and download their own templates. You can now...

Amnesty Generator converts web content into Dashboard Widgets

Sat, 25 Nov 2006 21:10:14 GMT
Mesa Dynamics' free Amnesty Generator utility has been updated to allow users to automatically convert more embeddable web content into Dashboard widgets. The new version quickly creates widgets out of Google Gadgets, PicGames games,...

Dashcode, Dashboard improvements coming in Leopard

Mon, 07 Aug 2006 23:47:40 GMT
At Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference today, Apple executives previewed several of the upcoming features of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Feature #9 was none other than Dashboard and the announced changes in Leopard do not disappoint. The Dashboard announcements arrive...

Amnesty Singles runs widgets as standalone applications

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 02:40:25 GMT
Mesa Dynamics, the company behind the popular Amnesty Widget Browser, has announced a brand new application, Amnesty Singles, a drag-and-drop utility that allows you to run Dashboard widgets as standalone applications. "Dropping a widget...

Mac DevCenter on Dashboard

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:49:40 GMT
The O'Reilly Mac DevCenter Blog has posted two great articles about Dashboard widgets, one of which is a must-read for any widget developer. "The Widget Maker's Prime Directive" discusses widgets that...

Mac OS X update authenticates widgets without user permission

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 03:15:07 GMT
With the release of Mac OS X 10.4.7, Apple implemented a new widget authentication tool that seeks to verify that you have not downloaded a malicious widget. The tool, dashboardadvisoryd, contacts Apple's servers approximately every eight hours and compares your widgets with those available on Apple's own widget site. In this world...

Apple accidently releases Dashcode

Wed, 24 May 2006 18:36:14 GMT
An eagle-eyed digg user spotted something odd after installing the included Developer Tools on his new MacBook Pro: Dashcode, Apple's long-rumored widget creation...