- From: Nathan <nathan@webr3.org>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 18:09:49 +0100
- To: Arthur Barstow <art.barstow@nokia.com>
- CC: ext Marcos Caceres <marcosc@opera.com>, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, "Nilsson, Claes1" <Claes1.Nilsson@sonyericsson.com>, "public-device-apis@w3.org" <public-device-apis@w3.org>
Arthur Barstow wrote: > > On 9/20/10 9:15 AM, ext Marcos Caceres wrote: >> Widgets are just a simple packaging format with >> a fairly simple API for storing stuff and getting some metadata. > Every time I read one of these discussions I lament the decision to > change the original name of the spec "Web Application Packaging Format" > [WAPF] to "widgets". What's the fundamental difference between a Widget and a Web Application? What's the distinction? I guess I'm asking if what I think of a "Web Application" (HTML5+webapps+js etc) is different in some way to what a "Widget" is, perhaps different use-cases / implementations in mind when these specs were written? Best, Nathan
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