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by neither_color 1910 days ago
Does it have a widget? The most annoying thing about Big Sur is they removed the widget
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danpalmer 1910 days ago
Do you mean dashboard widgets? Dashboard hasn't been actively developed in maybe 10 years now.

If you were still using it I'm interested to know why – I stopped because it felt clunky to use and there weren't many widgets.

I'm not sure it's much of a criticism of an app if they don't have a Dashboard widget.

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mikewhy 1910 days ago
Widgets in Big Sur are not the same as the old Dashboard: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211789
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danpalmer 1910 days ago
Yes I'm aware. The comment referred to widget removal in Big Sur though, and the only "widgets" I can think of that were removed were Dashboard widgets.

Big Sur/iOS 14 widgets don't support interactivity beyond single clicks, so I don't see any way a Numi widget would be of any benefit.

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mromanuk 1910 days ago
What do you mean? You can use widgets in Big Sur, WidgetKit it's an unified API across all devices (iOS and MacOS).
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mikewhy 1910 days ago
The calculator widget is no more. IIRC (I haven't looked into how widgets are built) there's no way for a calculator widget to work. They work in a way where the developer just gets to update some data on a schedule.
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mromanuk 1910 days ago
Yes, you are right about that. Apple doesn't allow it to work as a mini app. I suspect, they will unlock more APIs to make Widget more interactive on later versions.
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growt 1910 days ago
It has a status bar mode where it opens in a "pop-up" beneath the status bar icon.
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behnamoh 1910 days ago
I removed the widget "feature" on El Capitan years ago. It was useless and better solutions are available.
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