Comments on: Widgets are dead, long live widgets

The life cycle of a widget is shorter than you think. Now it's all about applications, not just functions.

[zyxxy]

I wonder how the company Transpond Global Solution will feel about the name change.

[inachu1]

The only insightful thing they can do is when all apps are closed and you just sit there looking at your inactive desktop with the widget just either scrolling info or some other type of live data streaming.

Might be good for the stock market or for a helpdesk when a tiocket case is opened.
So we just sit there waiitng for something to happen..... boring.

[Cameochi]

To transpond is means to respond and transmit data as in a transponder - a device used for satellite communications and aircraft. They are extremely useful and can be used to strategic logistical data. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transponder. I think the term "Widget" sounds less invasive than a transpond(er) which can be used to spy on people although they function the same way.

[Remo_Williams]

Maybe the reporter meant, "Transpond doesn't actually mean anything *to me*, and I'm too lazy to fact-check".

Widget, app, whatever. It's just code, and code wars eternally revolve around language, platform, performance, and utility. Of the four, utility is the only one that matters at first, and we should be maturing in the scope of utility. Now it's about platform ubiquity -- hey, there's a new word for the reporter to learn -- and that has language and performance issues. Everyone has a favorite widget engine, no two are like, and not one works on every single platform. Hurrah, no news.

[PeterYared]

Hey Dave, thanks for writing about us! Yes, "transpond" is actually a real word in the telecommunications field that means to amplify a message on a different frequency... which is what we do, we take your stuff and make it viral on new platforms. :) Peter