Official line
Dashboard removed in macOS Catalina.
Apple · Productivity · Feature
Dashboard
Discontinued
Feature
2005–2019 · 14 years in market
Launched
Apr 29, 2005
Discontinued
Oct 7, 2019
Cause of death
Replaced by successor
Evidence
Unsourced
What was it?
A full-screen overlay of widgets. Replaced by Notification Center, then by the modern widget panel.
Why it died
Editorial reading
A mode people forgot how to open. Widgets needed to live on the desktop, not behind a keystroke.
Founder takeaway
Features that require a secret gesture die. Put the information where the user’s eyes already are.
Sources
Unsourced — editorial reading
No primary source is attached yet. Treat the interpretation as editorial, not a citation.
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