Talk:Graphical widget

message: The word "widget" is a grotesque and incorrect word when discussing software, computers, or UIs (where it is mostly used). It's usage should be phased out with more up to date terminology that gives clear meaning to the context at hand such as "component", "control", "input", "device", "thing". Instead of deliberately obtuse and confusing sentences such as "I asked the software team to update the customer widgets" (which means absolutely nothing) use sentences such as "I asked the software team to update the customer list component". Therefore, this page can be deleted.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.9.201.23 (talk) 15:59, 2 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outdated and misleading terminology 

message: What would an slider and progress bar combo be called?
You have probably seen an examble below the video frame of youtube, liveleak and google video flash based players. (And other propably too)
--Zarutian (talk) 03:17, 12 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of combos 

message: Is fliptych too unestablished to be added to this list?  If not, it should be added here and at the category level.Ben Morrison
:I have a decent amount of programming experience, have used various software on different operating systems, have done both high and low level UI programming, but I wouldn't know what a "fliptych" without doing a websearch. So, yes, I would say that it's too unestablished. The impression I get, in essence, it sounds like a made up word that yields few, if any, clues to what it is. A checkbox is a box that can be checked. What's a "fliptych" supposed to be? A "tych" that can be flipped? Shinobu (talk) 03:01, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Especially since "fliptych"s generally are an interface mechanism contained within a larger application. Apple CoverFlow is basically the only *ugh* "fliptych" in common use, and it is considered a GUI, not a widget.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.189.89.33 (talk) 07:45, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fliptych? 

message: The link below says the word Widget comes from the 1924 play "Beggar on Horseback", by George Kaufman and Marc Connelly.
http://www.yaelf.com/aueFAQ/mifwdgtntsbywllmcw.shtml
also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widget
*I remember "Widgets" being used as a generic nonsense name for an unspecified product in business classes. When talking about inventing, marketing, distributing, etc. "your product," in several classes and instructive videos they would call this fictional item a widget. I assume it was because it sounded like a real thing, but had the advantage of not actually existing. I'm going to try to find some documentation on this, but it could be hard finding something web-accessible since the modern usage is tech and so is the web. If anyone else wants to go ahead, I think the word is in need of disambiguation. Durty Willy 03:39, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the word Widget 

message: Apple has a Wikipedia widget available for download from this link. You can look up articles without being on Wikipedia. 
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/reference/wikipedia.html
:That's a slightly different kind of widget. See Widget engine. Shinobu (talk) 02:56, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wikipedia widget for Mac 10.4. users 

message: Is there an article about progress bars in Wikipedia? I searched and found none.
If there is one, a link need to be added here. --tyomitch 20:15, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Progress bars 

message: I've brought in stuff from the Widget Disambiguation page. A simple cut and paste. This will need editing. SilkTork 10:16, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merged 

message: I think this section would work much better as a gallery. Shinobu (talk) 02:50, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Various widgets 

message: This section is unformatted and invalid for the article. I'll take it out until its writer want to fix it. Diego (talk) 22:54, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's this? 

message: I don't agree with the merger from Elements_of_graphical_user_interfaces. That article contains descriptions of things that are not widgets (cursors, selection, handles, arguably windows and hyperlinks...) I'd rather remove the useless 'List of common generic widgets' section and compose an encyclopedic section with text describing what are the main widgets, what their purpose is and how they relate to one another. Diego (talk) 17:05, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I second that. The other article is a list of elements from a user interface design viewpoint, while this one is about the technical concept of representing certain elements as modular, window-like objects. -- memset (talk) 22:53, 21 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with Elements..? 

message: What is a wgz file? (I have seen it in a smartphone).--Nopetro (talk) 11:03, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  wgz 

message: Abaa1234 (talk) 07:35, 24 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another Resource