- From: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:26:09 +0100
- To: Karl Dubost <karld@opera.com>
- CC: public-webapps@w3.org, Bruce Lawson <brucel@opera.com>
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 personal site : Installable web apps and interoperability > At http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2011/installable-web-apps-and-interoperability/ > > Installable apps (in W3C parlance, Widgets – which > is a terrible name) allow authors to write apps > using HTML(5), CSS, JavaScript, SVG etc, and > package them up into a glorified Zip file with > some configuration details which can then be > installed on a computer. > > It seems that "extensions" or "addons" would be more cognitively connected with Web developers. > > y'know, so terrible is the W3C “Widgets” name > that I didn't even think it referred to the > same thing as Chrome’s apps, et al. > — http://twitter.com/nevali/status/83866541388603392 [1] http://webinos.org/ -- Dave Raggett<dsr@w3.org> http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett
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