On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Robin Berjon wrote:
> On Jun 23, 2011, at 20:17 , Scott Wilson wrote:
>> I think the name "widgets" came from the heritage of Opera Widgets, Nokia
>> Widgets, Apple Dashboard Widgets (etc).
>
> Actually it came from a massive bikeshed discussion some time in 2006
On Jun 23, 2011, at 20:17 , Scott Wilson wrote:
> I think the name "widgets" came from the heritage of Opera Widgets, Nokia
> Widgets, Apple Dashboard Widgets (etc).
Actually it came from a massive bikeshed discussion some time in 2006 IIRC; if
memory serves during a f2f hosted by AOL. A lot of
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Scott Wilson
wrote:
> On 24 Jun 2011, at 10:41, Marcos Caceres wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Rich Tibbett wrote:
>>> Marcos Caceres wrote:
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:28 AM, Charles Pritchard
wrote:
>
> One issue which comes
On 24 Jun 2011, at 10:41, Marcos Caceres wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Rich Tibbett wrote:
>> Marcos Caceres wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:28 AM, Charles Pritchard
>>> wrote:
One issue which comes up is that widget is also used in ARIA to describe
ui elem
On Jun/24/2011 4:50 AM, ext Marcin Hanclik wrote:
Changing it now could confuse the industry even more and will not help, I think.
Agreed, and in the abscence of any new and overwhelmingly compelling new
information, I will object to any name change.
-AB
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Rich Tibbett wrote:
> Marcos Caceres wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:28 AM, Charles Pritchard
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> One issue which comes up is that widget is also used in ARIA to describe
>>> ui elements.
>>>
>>> I suspect we'll see apps used ubiquitously; wi
Marcos Caceres wrote:
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:28 AM, Charles Pritchard wrote:
One issue which comes up is that widget is also used in ARIA to describe ui
elements.
I suspect we'll see apps used ubiquitously; widget seems to e reserved to early
experiments in linked apps; apps via iframe.
ks,
Marcin
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To: Dave Raggett
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Subject: Re: [widget] technology/specification name
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On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:28 AM, Charles Pritchard wrote:
> One issue which comes up is that widget is also used in ARIA to describe ui
> elements.
>
> I suspect we'll see apps used ubiquitously; widget seems to e reserved to
> early experiments in linked apps; apps via iframe.
>
> Like many on
One issue which comes up is that widget is also used in ARIA to describe ui
elements.
I suspect we'll see apps used ubiquitously; widget seems to e reserved to early
experiments in linked apps; apps via iframe.
Like many on this thread, I don't have a strong objection against the name. I
rathe
Part of the issue is that its a fairly generic technology that can be applied
to areas including:
- Browser extensions
- Installable web apps
- Desktop widgets
- Site gadgets
- TV/STB widgets
- Mobile webapps
I think the name "widgets" came from the heritage of Opera Widgets, Nokia
Widgets, Ap
In the webinos project [1] we are using installed vs hosted web apps.
On 23/06/11 15:58, Karl Dubost wrote:
I do not want to start a name bikeshedding.
The name doesn't bother me so far, but I have seen that comment again and again.
On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:06:24 GMT
In Bruce Lawson’s p
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