Cris, running the same command with NO turns off the dashboard widget development mode. Nothing else.

It might be just me, but my system seems to have slowed down a bit since I entered the “defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES” command in the terminal. Is there a way to take it back? (I don’t want to try the same command with NO in it without knowing more about it)

I have my PowerBook in the same size and dual configuration. Works great. One widget I really like that I didn’t see in your screenshot is iStat Pro.

Problem with dev mode is the widgets stay floating over all your apps. That’s fine for you since you have the dual screen. For me, Amnesty Singles is a better option.

Question from left field, is this available for a “Win” box?

Shoot, did I say “gadget”? I meant “widget”. After all, they’re completely different beasts…

berniej: if you want to remove the gadget, just reverse the process. Tap and hold the gadget and then without letting go, press F12. That will send the gadget back to the Dashboard.

I’m dying to try this trick out. Once the widget is on the desktop, how do you remove it if you change your mind?

Thanks!

I have a corner trigger for my dashboard, i go to the lower left corner and the dashboard pops up, I click _anywhere_ but on a gadget and it goes away.

What’s hard about that?

I like that way better than leaving my dashboard up all the time. However I do use VirtueDesktop (no longer supported but works great on my MacBook — http://www.virtuedesktops.info/ ) so I would have to figure a way to keep any gadgets up all the time.

Perhaps an interesting thread would be a ‘what’s on your dashboard?’ thread..