[Panel-devel] Applet Manager Dialog

[Jos Poortvliet]

On 10/19/07, Riccardo Iaconelli <riccardo at kde.org> wrote:
> 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)

+1
'plasmoid' is just too cool, we must let the users see that name ;-)

> Bye,
> -Riccardo
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