26Feb/120
Going back to Snow Leopard’s Dashboard
Lion is an improvement on almost every front, but Dashboard took a hit when it comes to functionality. To me, the real strength of the Dashboard is that my desktop stays in the background. With 10.7's Dashboard, it is also no longer possible to bring widgets back to the desktop. If you don't yet know this tip, it is possible to bring widgets out of the Dashboard with the developer mode enabled. To enable the developer mode, simply paste this line in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.dashboard devmode YES
For this to be possible in Lion, however, we have to go back to 10.6's Dashboard. To do so, open System Preferences, click on "Mission Control" and uncheck "Show Dashboard as a space":
