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Re: [widget] technology/specification name

From: Marcos Caceres <marcosscaceres@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:32:55 +0200
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=5ON=Vdk7Vemtn9fep95kmXa6weA@mail.gmail.com>
To: Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com>
Cc: Scott Wilson <scott.bradley.wilson@gmail.com>, Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>, Karl Dubost <karld@opera.com>, "public-webapps@w3.org" <public-webapps@w3.org>, Bruce Lawson <brucel@opera.com> 
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:28 AM, Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com> 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 this thread, I don't have a strong objection against the name. I rather appreciate the thread, it's bringing out more distinctions as to what we're talking about and targeting.
>

Lets just change it to Packaged Web Apps.


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