In addition to losing the ability to run 32 bit apps, Catalina puts the final stake through the heart of Dashboard.
Apple has been neglecting Dashboard for years because there is no way for developers to make money selling widgets.
Apple claims that Notification Center is a good substitute for Dashboard. It isn’t and there are very few widgets for Notifications. So you can get Stocks, Weather or a Calculator but not much else.
There was something quite elegant about dragging my mouse to a hot corner and getting a full screen of widgets. A dictionary, Word of the Day, This Day in History, Currency Conversion, IP Phone Dialer, Movie Previews and Showtimes, What’s On TV Tonight, etc. One click on the right arrow and I’m right back to where I was.
All Apple had to do was MONETIZE widgets and sell them for a buck or two in the App Store. In a year we’d have 1,000 widgets to pick from. And Apple making 30% on every sale.
What do you all think? Did you like and still use Dashboard? Did you believe it gave Apple an advantage over Windows? Or are you someone who won’t miss Dashboard at all?