Editing Dashboard (macOS) (section)

==Comparison with Konfabulator==
Many people have made comparisons between [[Konfabulator]] and Apple's Dashboard, especially after Apple announced the feature while [[Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger]] was in development. It was a subject of debate in the online community following the few months before Tiger's official release.

One school of thought came to the conclusion that Dashboard was a "rip-off" of Konfabulator. It points out the visual and functional similarities between Dashboard has been widely compared to Konfabulator (later [[Yahoo! Widget Engine]]) and sometimes called a copy of it, due to the similarities between their graphical aspects and the fact that they both use the term “widgets” to describe the objects in their environments.<ref>[https://www.engadget.com/2005-07-25-where-apple-went-wrong-with-widgets.html Where Apple Went Wrong With Widgets] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505052152/https://www.engadget.com/2005-07-25-where-apple-went-wrong-with-widgets.html |date=May 5, 2021 }}, a blog post claiming Dashboard was a Konfabulator rip off.</ref> Konfabulator may, in turn, have been based on Apple’s [[Desk Accessory|Desk Accessories]], first released in 1984 with the original [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]]. Desk Accessories, similar to widgets, were small mini-applications that operated on a user’s desktop. After the introduction of [[System 7 (Macintosh)|System 7]] and cooperative multitasking, the necessity of creating Desk Accessories was removed and developers were encouraged to create applications instead. The OS continued to support them, for backward compatibility, until the switch to [[Mac OS X]] (In fact, the Calculator desk accessory remained in the Mac OS through version 9, seventeen years without a significant update).<ref>[http://www.atpm.com/10.08/bloggable.shtml Much Ado About Dashboard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113115605/http://atpm.com/10.08/bloggable.shtml |date=January 13, 2010 }} More debate, cites other references.</ref><ref>[http://www.geekpatrol.ca/2004/06/special-patrol-arlo-rose-on-tigers-dashboard/ Special Patrol: Arlo Rose on Tiger’s Dashboard] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090705015500/http://www.geekpatrol.ca/2004/06/special-patrol-arlo-rose-on-tigers-dashboard/ |date=July 5, 2009 }}, an interview with one of Konfabulators authors. Includes his opinions about Dashboard. Includes a response to the "Desk Accessories argument".</ref>

The codebases for Konfabulator and Dashboard are also different: Konfabulator uses [[XML]] and [[JavaScript]] to generate Widgets, whereas Dashboard uses [[HTML]], [[CSS]], JavaScript, and [[Objective-C]].<ref>[http://daringfireball.net/2004/06/dashboard_vs_konfabulator Dashboard vs. Konfabulator] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706190326/http://daringfireball.net/2004/06/dashboard_vs_konfabulator |date=July 6, 2009 }}, a blog post claiming Dashboard was not a rip off of Konfabulator. Includes history and technical details.</ref>