Nicolaas Gratama

Dashboard Widgets

What Is This?

The concept of a Dashboard appears nearly everywhere. Most obvious are car dashboards with displays of speed, mileage, and navigation. Less obvious examples are: the FaceBook banner with notifications, informational displays in lobbies, and “widgets” on iOS and Android. A portion of a larger display is a widget.

• Android Widgets
• iOS Widgets

Why Does This Exist?

• Application of Dashboard Design concepts
• APIs allows for alternative User Interfaces for same information
• Real products and real data, versus static prototypes
• Dashboards convey information in real-time — without prompting
• Apply concepts from Web Design 1 and 2 with APIs from Web 3

Citations

List your sources here: Used Animated Background Gradient by Mario Klingemann found on codpen published June 11, 2013