Dashboard (interface)

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In computer user interfaces, a dashboard is a floating, semi-transparent window that provides contextual access to commonly used tools in a software program. The interface is used to greatest effect in full-screen editing modes. Dashboard user interfaces are also used to display management information in an easy to read mode like a speedometer or heat gauge. Dashboards displays or this type were first introduced in the 1980s as componets of Executive Information Systems.

[edit] Applications using dashboards

• Aperture
• Apple Motion
• iMovie HD 6
• iPhoto 6
• iDVD 6
• QuickTime Pro

[edit] See also

• Dashboard software
• Dashboard construct