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The teams will apparently be building “widgets,”... Has there ever been a case of something called "widgets" succeeding by any real measure? Even in fiction or
by devindotcom 12y ago
The teams will apparently be building “widgets,”...
Has there ever been a case of something called "widgets" succeeding by any real measure? Even in fiction or idiom?
- TillE 12y agoWell, most GUI libraries.
- dm2 12y agoiGoogle, DuckDuckHack, WordPress. Widget is a nice name that hasn't been abused and gets the point across to both technical and non-technical users. It's kind of like an addon or sometimes a labs feature. Not required by all users but available if needed.
- devindotcom 12y agoHeh, I stand corrected. I still don't like the word, though.