Dashboard KickStart is not a widget, it's a System Preference. With Dashboard KickStart, you'll always have the Dashboard ready to use the first time you want. Without it you'll have to wait for a complete Dashboard start-up sequence as soon as you are ready to use it for a first time, making its quick accessibility rather useless. This application runs in the background and reacts to the starting or re-starting of the Dock. When that happens it initiates the starting of the Dashboard. This prevents the delay you'll experience when launching Dashboard the first time you want to use it. . Dashboard KickStart is available in English, French, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese and Italian. Added 64-bit support Further reduced processor usage Fixes to the Japanese Localization Download Dashboard KickStart 3.1 (324KB) Added Leopard Compatibility, please note that the previous 'Dashboard effect' has been extended with a quick 'Exposé effect' in order to make it work in OS X 10.5 Leopard. Graphics updated for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. Under Leopard the settings window will no longer display the number of widgets currently active. Fixed the delay after startup, the program now correctly responses to 'Wait until activate' Added Korean localization, Thanks to Dong Sung Kim Interface updates Extended the 'Wait until activate' to a maximum of 90 seconds Extended the 'Wait after awake' to a maximum 10 seconds Added French localization, thanks to Thomas Didrel Added Japanese localization, thanks to Yuzuru Shiraiwa Changed application into a 'System Preference' Removed splash-screen during 'Kick' Reduced memory footprint to below 3MB Added Italian localization, Thank you 'Sagitt' Improved Leopard reliability Shortened splash duration Added Portuguese localization, Thank you Robinson Sampaio Download Dashboard KickStart 3.0 Download Dashboard KickStart 2.4 Download Dashboard KickStart 2.3 This application can only fullfil its purpose when it opens at login, it will ask you to allow it as a login item the first time you start it up. Within moments after startup, Dock restart or awake from sleep, the application will quickly open and dismiss the dashboard, allowing all of your widgets to initiate their start-up sequence. When you are ready to use them, only minimal initialisation time will remain. To uninstall you first must stop the application, before you can remove it. To stop Dashboard KickStart, locate it in the Finder (Usually in /Applications/Utilities) and open the application again, the preference sheet will open again. UnCheck 'Start Dashboard KickStart on login', to remove the login item. After this use the 'Quit Dashboard KickStart' button to quit it. Now you can move Dashboard KickStart to the Trash.