I have probably, two dozen widgets floating around on my Dashboard. Most I do not use horribly frequently, but I do check my Weather, do my Japanese Homework (thank you wisho), look up Wikipedia articles and dictionary definition, post to LiveJournal, read my web comics, read the lyrics to my music and do all my calculations from my Dashboard (and frequently). The pretty ones like Sunlit Earth and a graffiti art one I have are pretty cool too.

Now, I am well aware that most if not all of the things I do on my Dashboard can be done elsewhere, however, I am a sucker for efficiency. If I can do somethign in one click what used to take three or four, then I will scramble for it, and that is exactly what the Dashboard is. So long as it stays responsive (not always the case unfortunately) it provides me a quicker way to do these things, and I love it. Why open up Dictionary when I can just hit F12?