[API] Xiclets (was Re: Jabber "API")

Pedro Melo melo at simplicidade.org
Mon Mar 3 04:43:42 CST 2008


Hi,

On Mar 2, 2008, at 2:01 PM, Fabio Forno wrote:
>>
>>  This actually started for me with a talk with some friends and  
>> one of
>>  them suggested a name for this type of thing: xiclets, a cross
>>  between XMPP, Widgets and Applets.
>>
>>  I registered both xiclets.org (I hoped to host a Xiclets registry
>>  here) and a Xiclets.info (documentation). So if you like the  
>> domains,
>>  even for work-in-progress names, I can give them to the XSF, or keep
>>  using them for this purpose only.
>>
>>  I'll use the term xiclets in the rest of this message because its
>>  easier to type.
>>
>
> It seems the term has also a meaning in Catalan, chewing gum:
>
> http://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiclet

Yes, also in portuguese :)

There is a brand named Chiclets (by Addams i think) for chewing gum,  
also.


> Indeed a like the name and I agree using it as working name,
> especially because if think we'll have to "chew" a bit our ideas
> before getting it done ;)

:)

Best regards,
-- 
Pedro Melo
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