"Extension" vs. "Plugin
Tosh, Michael J
michael.j.tosh at lmco.com
Mon Apr 14 15:59:15 UTC 2008
Quoting Gregary Hendricks:
> On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 17:10 -0700, Max Kanat-Alexander wrote:
> > Sometimes we call extensions "Extensions" and sometimes we call
> > them "Plugins". Since the directory in CVS is already called
> > "extensions", I propose that we just always call them "Extensions"
> > and stop using the word "plugin" to describe extensions.
> >
> > The word "Extension" is already familiar to Firefox users
> > anyhow, and I don't see any reason why we shouldn't use it.
> >
> > -Max
>
> > From the Testopia home page: "Testopia is a test case management
> > extension for Bugzilla."
>
> I often refer to it as a plugin during casual conversation however. I
> will try to correct that.
>
They are "called" Plugins within the Hooks directory...
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