Bug 196201

Summary: Plasmoids incorrectly called "widgets" in many places
Product: [Unmaintained] plasma4 Reporter: Dotan Cohen <kde-2011.08>
Component: generalAssignee: Plasma Bugs List <plasma-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED INTENTIONAL    
Severity: normal CC: aseigo
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Ubuntu   
OS: Unspecified   
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Description Dotan Cohen 2009-06-12 17:15:52 UTC
Version:            (using KDE 4.2.90)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages

In many places in KDE (Bugzilla's "Component" selector, desktop context menu) Plasmoids are incorrectly called widgets. For consistency's sake, please correct them all to read "plasmoid". Thanks.
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2009-06-12 18:21:24 UTC
Technically, Plasma calls them "Applets". But since "Widgets" is an established word, it is used in the user visible space.

A "Plasmoid" is actually the package that you download. It may contain applets, images, translations, scripts, dataengines, etc.

I am adding Plasma devs to CC to discuss the issue.
Comment 2 Pino Toscano 2009-06-13 02:08:29 UTC
(In reply to comment #0)
> In many places in KDE (Bugzilla's "Component" selector, desktop context menu)
> Plasmoids are incorrectly called widgets. For consistency's sake, please
> correct them all to read "plasmoid".

I seem to remember the Plasma developers agreed on "widgets" as general naming, while "plasmoid" being more unofficial (and limited to the "native" widgets).
Comment 3 Aaron J. Seigo 2009-06-13 02:24:40 UTC
the term "Plasmoid" is never to be shown in the user interface, just as Plasma or Containment is never to be shown aside from Plasma as a proper noun refering to the application.

they are always referred to as Widgets because:

* "widgets" has a defined meaning whereas Plasmoid is is jargon

* we support more than just Plasmoids: we also support Google Gadgets, Superkaramba widgets, MacOS X Dashboard widgets, E17 Edje content, etc..
Comment 4 Dotan Cohen 2009-06-13 09:21:36 UTC
> the term "Plasmoid" is never to be shown in the
> user interface

I see, thanks. I did not realize that. Going through the desktop, I can find the word "plasmoid" in several places, all related to the KDE-look.org integration. I will mention is to the KDE-look.org maintainers.

Thanks!