Below is a list of Dashboard widgets besides the standards for Mac, which is found useful:
Google
- Gmail – showing new mails on the dashboard, maybe not that useful if you already have the Gmail Notifier for Mac.
- Search History – showing the search history.
- Dashalytics – a Google Analytics widget that enables showing number of visits and page views.
System Monitoring
- iStat Pro – monitoring CPU, memory, disks, network, processes, uptime, battery, and fans.
- MiniBatteryStatus – monitoring battery status with Growl notifications.
File transfer (SFTP)
- Cyperduck – allows your to drag and drop files to a specific bookmarks from the Cyberduck application.
Track Time
- The Daily Grind – track time spend on various tasks.