[Panel-devel] applets and plasmoids

[Matias Valdenegro T.]

El Jue 24 May 2007, Aaron J. Seigo escribió:
> these packages will contain all the files needed to have a plasma widget.
>
> so what's an applet? the code part of a plasmoid is the actual applet,
> technically because it provides a Plasma::Applet object. to users, this
> will be an implementation detail they probably never see.

So, why have two concepts that one contains another? Why not just instead of 
calling "Plasma Applets", just call them "Plasmoids" and assume that's the 
concept name form Plasma Applets?