"Widget" is a nonsense name for an unspecified product or device. Much like "whatchamacallit," "doohickey," or "thingamajiggy." So when you call and ask how much a widget costs, I can't answer you.
Come now. If they're techies, they should know better. Look at Wikipedia's definition: "...a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate HTML-based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation."
In other words, an undefined code set that performs an undefined task to be executed somewhere on the Internet.
Techies, in my experience, will call and say, "I'd like to be able to perform this function on this website (or across these types of websites). What would it take to do that?" Fair enough, let's talk.
"How much does a widget cost?" is best answered with "USD $N," but that just gets you in trouble.
Nevertheless, your point is well taken and I should exhibit more patience.
Come here, my dear, good, beautiful doggie, and smell this excellent perfume which comes from the best perfumer of Paris.
And the dog, wagging his tail, which, I believe, is that poor creature's way of laughing and smiling, came up and put his curious nose on the uncorked bottle. Then suddenly, he backed away in terror, barking at me reproachfully.
"Ah miserable dog, if I had offered you a package of excrement you would have sniffed at it with delight and perhaps gobbled it up. In this you resemble the public, which should never be offered delicate perfumes that infuriate them, but only carefully selected garbage."
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or they are techies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_widget
Come now. If they're techies, they should know better. Look at Wikipedia's definition: "...a portable chunk of code that can be installed and executed within any separate HTML-based web page by an end user without requiring additional compilation."
In other words, an undefined code set that performs an undefined task to be executed somewhere on the Internet.
Techies, in my experience, will call and say, "I'd like to be able to perform this function on this website (or across these types of websites). What would it take to do that?" Fair enough, let's talk.
"How much does a widget cost?" is best answered with "USD $N," but that just gets you in trouble.
Nevertheless, your point is well taken and I should exhibit more patience.
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