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Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you!

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In article <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-Wjv5nVUR2354@localhost>, John Varela
<newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2015 05:21:32 UTC, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> 
> wrote:
> > In article <51W5y0sPNk52-pn2-l51md0d31vjd@localhost>, John Varela
> > <newlamps@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 12:25:31 UTC, Warren Oates 
> > > <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > In article <190220152139273765%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net> 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > Don Bruder:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Dashboard was (at least IMO) a great idea that got so much junk
> > > > > > loaded on top of it that it turned into s**t.
> > > > > 
> > > > > ?? I can only assume that you don't know how to use Dashboard.
> > > > > Dashboard is easily customizable to present only those widgets that
> > > > > the user wants.
> > > > 
> > > > That's very true, and I played with it, but I could still never find a 
> > > > use for it.
> > > 
> > > There are a unit conversion widget, a currency conversion widget, 
> > > and an airline flight tracker, all of which I use once in a while.
> > 
> > There's an app for that.  ;-)
> 
> Of course. But I can access the widget with a single button press.

It was a joke ... but you can access an app with a single button click
as well if you put its icon in the Dock.



> > > If I were still traveling the way I once did I would use them a lot 
> > > more.
> > 
> > That was another problem with Dashboard ... many of the Widgets are
> > US-centric making them completely useless for those outside America.
> > The same thing still happens now with many iOS apps.
> 
> If you want to convert millimeters to inches or dollars to pounds or
> pounds to euros the widgets work equally well on either side of the 
> pond. I don't know how well the air carrier tracker works on 
> domestic flights outside the US because I've never had a reason to 
> try it. I suspect not so well since there may not be a good source 
> of timely position data outside the US and Eurocontrol.

I didn't say "all". 

From memory (since I don't have Dashboard on this ancient Mac), there
was a Yellow Pages widget, as one example, which was completely useless
to anyone outside the USA.

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OT: Lenovo does it for you! nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-02-19 12:33 -0700
  Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-02-19 16:45 -0500
    Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 13:24 +1300
      Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-19 20:39 -0500
        Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-02-19 17:59 -0800
          Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-02-20 09:37 -0700
            Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-02-20 09:42 -0800
              Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-02-20 11:02 -0700
              Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-20 20:21 +0000
        Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-02-19 18:22 -0800
          Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-19 21:39 -0500
            Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:25 -0500
              Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-02-21 03:34 +0000
                Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-21 18:21 +1300
                Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-02-21 01:16 -0800
                Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-02-21 15:33 +0000
                Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2015-02-22 01:35 +0000
                Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-22 15:45 +1300
                Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-02-22 01:55 -0800
          Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2015-02-20 17:14 -0500
        Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-02-19 21:36 -0500
          Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:27 -0500
            Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-21 09:49 +1300
              Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-21 09:53 -0500
        Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-20 19:08 +1300
          Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-02-20 09:40 -0700
      Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-02-19 17:58 -0800
        Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-02-20 07:29 -0500
          Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-02-21 09:50 +1300
          Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-02-20 13:31 -0800
    Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! billy@MIX.COM - 2015-02-23 18:27 +0000
    Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-03-03 09:39 -0800
      Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-03-03 09:43 -0800
      Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-03 18:02 +0000
        Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-03-03 10:14 -0800
        Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! awoolmeyer@gmail.com - 2015-03-03 11:54 -0800
          Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2015-03-03 12:03 -0800
            Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-03 20:56 +0000
          Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-04 09:23 -0700
        Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-04 09:08 -0700
          Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-03-04 16:27 +0000
      Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-03-04 09:07 -0700
  Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-02-19 22:43 +0000
    Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! Michael Vilain <vilain@NOspamcop.net> - 2015-02-20 21:11 -0800
      Re: OT: Lenovo does it for you! sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-02-21 18:11 +0000

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