“On May 3, the US Patent & Trademark Office published five of Apple’s patent applications relating to Dashboard. Out of the five patents, the one titled Multiple Dashboards revealed some interesting twists that no doubt will be seen in Mac OS X Leopard’s demo this coming June. One of the most intriguing features of all included an interactive dashboard cube. Apple’s obsession with this symbol is once again given prominence,” Neo reports for MacNN.
Neo reports, “Apple’s other four related patents published today include the following: Linked widgets, Preview including theme-based installation of user interface elements in a display environment, Selection of user interface elements for unified display in a display environment and Widget security.”
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Give me windows 3.1 any day. I’d rather do nothing than actually get things done.
cube as in Rubik’ster
Sounds interesting. Widgets sounded interesting until I discovered how much memory they needed – even when not in use. This sounds like an opportunity to use more memory still. My Gig.5 DualG5 can deal with it, but my wife’s half-Gig G4 iMac can barely deal with her failure to shut down Classic or Safari when she’s done with them.
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See those drawings? Sliders and tabs? That’s destined for iPhone!
@true windows user:
windows 3.1 is the most secure version of windows for the internet today, seeing as all that junkware is 32-bit. =)
coooooooooooooool
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Looks like widgets are coming to the iPhone to me, also.
It also looks like Spaces for Dashboard…break them up into different categories. I currently don’t have enough real estate for all the widgets I browse every day. Sounds interesting!
Yeah, if you really have nothing to do and read into the patents it is pretty obvious with the examples that they are giving they are intended for a portable device. One would also conclude from all of the mentions of phone numbers (the linking patent) that said device would also include a phone.
With that being said, Dashboard needs some major changes in Leopard so as not to become completely obsolete.
This has been talked about before. It’s related User switching, only it’s going to be Application switching. You’ll be able to swtich back and forth between Apps like you switch between Users now (with the rotating cube interface).
Yay! finally more room for my widgets!
But to be honest I think I’m more excited about the possibility of custom UI’s.
I reckon iPhone + widgets are gonna revolutionize how we use the Web
Mmmmmmmmmmmm….more worthlesss eye candy.
If you can´t think up anything new just add lots of shiney, pretty chrome and doo-dads.
Hey Rammer!
Mmmmmmmmmmmm….more worthlesss comments.
If you can´t think up anything new just add lots of… (you know the rest).
I found that patent that MacNN reported on and it mentions that the cube and other features will apply to portables, cell phones and yes, your TV.
To Steve Jobs: Cough it up, already. What’s what the cube craze really about in the big picture?
I actually submitted the multiple dashboard sets idea as a tip awhile back.
Maybe the liked my idea.
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Rammer,
this “eye-candy” is hardly made out of chrome!
It’s made out of candy! It looks so good you’ll want to lick it!
Get the facts straight!
The fact that I have to load all of them to use one is silly. Plus I cannot keep one on my desktop. Hate to say it, but the Yahoo widgets (former Konfabulator) are more flexible and useful.
Big nono, going from desk accessories to to this!
Apple fix this!
Widgets are something I can do without. And a flipping cube of widgets, nice eye candy that it is, is something that’ll keep me entertained once. For about a minute.
I’m not sure if I can handle one more thing around me with multiple personalities.
@Spark
“See those drawings? Sliders and tabs? That’s destined for iPhone!”
or… the Mac is destined for multitouch.
MW: Perhaps
If everything from Apple becomes a multi-touch device, I’m going to need at least three helper monkeys.
Isn’t that Cube thing from the Linux world?!
Steve has started his own copier – and copies ideas from Compiz/Beryl