Talk:Applet

message: The article claims notepad, or paint are applets, later defined to be not "full-featured application programs". But I'd argue that paint or the other preinstalled windows applications don't fit that definition.
Text in question:
"Examples of applications often classified as applets are all of the accessories bundled in Microsoft Windows (such as Windows Notepad or Microsoft Paint). Applets are not full-featured application programs, and are intended to be easily accessible.[2]"
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:You're right, desk accessories are not typically considered applets; who wrote that might be confusing the concept with transient and auxiliary applications. Only accessories that run under a common widget engine are called applets. I've corrected the article. Diego (talk) 12:12, 9 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is it really an applet? 

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message: In a simple Google search for "Define Applet," the number of sources claiming that only Java applets count is overwhelming.  I think we need a good source telling the original definition.  I don't feel qualified to do this because I can't be sure how many sources are getting their definitions from Wikipedia.
That is only what I consider the most important source to find.  In fact this article cites no sources, so I'm marking it accordingly.--Brilliand 15:56, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition source 

message: Any reference to "crapplet" on this page seems like a pretty clear violation of Wikipedia:NPOV.  Am I wrong? AdamMorton 05:19, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Crapplet 

message: If the primary definition of applet is going to be "a small application like notepad" as User:Artipol suggests, then that would require pretty extensive reorganization of this article, as subsequent sections are all working under the assumption that an applet is "a software component that runs in the context of another program".  Using the "small application" definition makes the rest of the article inconsistent.
Note that the "small application" definition is more-or-less a verbatim copy of the CNET glossary version which according to archive.org has existed since at least late 1996.  It is possibly a copyright issue as it now stands.  Also, anecdotally (meaning via google search) I don't see a lot of support for that "small application" use of "applet".  But, of course, this is an article with no citations, so, who knows? AdamMorton 05:19, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "small application" as "applet" 

message: I've removed the reference to AmigaOS bundled applications in the second paragraph. These are not examples that many readers will be familiar with, and reads like a contrived attempt to throw in Amiga references wherever. I was a big fan of the Amiga but this is just self-serving. Chris 17:55, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  AmigaOS 

message: From the article: "The term was introduced in AppleScript in 2010."
I guess that's a mistake (currently I don't have the knowledge to fix it) 
Orimosenzon (talk) 12:09, 21 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Those minor factual inaccuracies are often due to vandalism. In such cases, look the article's history to see if the change was recent, and revert it. Diego (talk) 10:40, 23 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Yup.. that's what I should have done (just didn't think of it). Thanks Orimosenzon (talk) 05:27, 24 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A mistake? 

message: Can anyone find a cite for this section?  And any thoughts on which section this might be appropriate for (such as 'Applets as extension of other software' i.e. Internet Explorer), or removed (perhaps its already discussed in Java Applets?
Jwoodger (talk) 03:49, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Applets and routines Section 

message: *Source? I thought that since an applet is like a mini-application, the word was a combinition of application (app) and -let (which is a suffix that denotes something of smaller size). Even my Apple-based Dictionary says this is the origin of the word--98.149.214.120 (talk) 09:37, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Applet orignally comes from AppleScript"