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Command-R or a suck-in effect when they are closed. On
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Address, Apple introduced widgets for iOS 14. These widgets can be placed on the homescreen, and can be resized. Users can stack up to 10 widgets, or choose a "Smart Stack" widget which will change depending the user's activity.
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Calendar widgets. All of these are available through the Mac OS X 10.4.4 Tiger update.
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widget plugin (for platform-specific functionality), one or more JavaScript files (for text scrolling, preferences, etc.) or multiple images (for personalized select menus or buttons).
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