| Summary: | Widgets shoulb be called Plasmoids | ||
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| Product: | [Unmaintained] plasma4 | Reporter: | Daniel Ziltener <dziltener> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs> |
| Status: | RESOLVED NOT A BUG | ||
| Severity: | wishlist | ||
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | unspecified | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | Ubuntu | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
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this was already discussed, and "widgets" was chosen. plasmoids are actually a subset of widgets; plasma can display superkaramba widgets too, and at some point (kde 4.1?) support for osx dashboard widgets will be added. also, I believe that this type of suggestion is more suited to the mailing list (panel-devel), not bugzilla. :) I think this bug is still very valid as i saw discussions about why plasmoid were translated into widget in english and puzzlement from early adopters who asked "wtf are widgets". The fact that others software providers have decided to brand ther technology as widget is irrelevant, imo, as KDE has been promoting plasmoids with great success lately and people expect to find plasmoids. Also, there are google "gadgets" too now, so naming them widgets in just that menu just add to the confusion and isnt a simplification. Finally, i don't think that a developper mailing list is a better place to discuss naming and get users feedback. :) |
Version: 4.0 RC2 (using KDE KDE 3.97.0) Installed from: Ubuntu Packages OS: Linux Hi, I think Plasmoids should be called plasmoids by the KDE-Desktop, too, because: - Everybody call them Plasmoids - If you call them "widgets", people will ask:"Widgets? The ones from Opera, Vista, SuperKaramba, MacOS or KDE?" but if you call them plasmoids, everyone knows what I mean with saying that. - Plasmoids aren't widgets! Widgets can only show something (Feeds...) or operate in a small range. Plasmoids can show me Things from the Internet, the local Computer, they show the open Applications, Tray Icons and let me start them ("Taskbar"), they show me if I've plugged in an new Device and so on. - At last, It's a thing of prestige, to have something where at least the name isn't used by anyone else. I hope very much you'll corrigize the Name. And sorry for my bad english grammar...