/me raises hand

I use Dashboard throughout the course of the day. Why? Because Dashboard provides me with "just in time" information:

I want to know what the weather radar is *right now*, not after I go to OmniWeb, open another tab, click on a bookmark, and wait for it to load.

I want to know where my package is *right now*, not after I go to Mail, search through my "web orders" folder for the confirmation email, click the link, and wait for FedEx's page to load.

I want to check on my wife's flight *right now* to see if she'll be landing on time or not.

Etc, etc, etc.

I think Dashboard is great because it gives you "just in time" information *right now*... then gets the hell out of your way and let's you get back to the task at hand. Just like, well, a car's dashboard.