[Panel-devel] Applet Manager Dialog

[Riccardo Iaconelli]

On Friday 19 October 2007 12:37:12 Thomas Georgiou wrote:
> On Friday 19 October 2007 07:26:05 am Anne-Marie Mahfouf wrote:
> > Let see if I get it right: the plasmoid is the collection of files that
> > make an applet, the applet is the implementation of the plasmoid, i.e.
> > the applet is "what you see'.
> >
> > I would rule out plasmoid as denomination. Widget or applet naming?
> > Widget is making its way into the masses, in fact I saw a "Add your UPS
> > widget" advert just a few minutes ago and I looked at it twice, telling
> > myself that it was the first time I saw the word "widget" in a non
> > developer context. I prefer "applet" personally.
> >
> > Widget, applet, gadget... Why not plasmlet? ;)
>
> So what do users see?  We need to be consistent so that users won't get
> confused.

I'd say:
plasmoid: word for the masses
applet: tecnical word for developer (like... we subclass from Plasma::Applet)

Bye,
-Riccardo
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