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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Extensions and Plugins
From:       "koos vriezen" <koos.vriezen () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-05-18 14:49:54
Message-ID: d4e708d60805180749v37f449e0j978dc7f485a4d8f0 () mail ! gmail ! com
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2008/5/18 Allen Winter <winter@kde.org>:
> On Saturday 17 May 2008 19:41:03 Rafael Fernández López wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I think we should agree on referring to plugins only in one way:
>> "extensions" or "plugins". Some apps use "Extensions" and others use
>> "Plugins". In kate for instance, both are used in the configuration dialog.
>>
>> For the shake of easier translation, as well as usability (I guess) I would
>> propose to only use one term or the other.
>>
>
> In Kontact we also use "component".
>
> I don't think "extension" makes sense in Kontact.
> I sorta like "plugin" better.

In khtml there are khtml plugins, like the user agent and web
archiver, and nsplugins/kparts like flash.
Flash extension sounds wrong imo (at least very uncommon), however
user agent extension sounds okay.

Koos
 
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