Labels Not Tags, Says Google

Ashraf Al Shafaki writes "The word 'tags' is the one in common use on the Web today and is one of the distinctive features of Web 2.0. Ever since Gmail came out, Google has decided to use the term 'label' instead of the term 'tag' despite they are basically the exact same thing and have the exact same function. Why is Google using inconsistent terminology in its products for such an important term? Is there a real difference between a tag and a label?"

Comments

Re:what is a tag ?

[beemishboy]

Re: the parent's sig:

The Southern Baptist Convention has creationism. On Slashdot, we have porn.

No, on Slashdot, there is a depraved vocal minority that wants to feel like they are okay objectifying women in selfish, addictive, and animal-like ways.

I'm not a Baptist; I'm just getting tired of the stereotype that techies are perverts and that if you belong to that *club* that makes porn acceptable.

What happened to the techie that had a sister or a mother or a cute little daughter and wanted to protect them from exploitation?

Re:what is a tag ?

[alfs boner]

I think most women don't need to be protected from a career choice. They're empowered. They're equals. They're in charge of their own destiny. We have a woman with a very real chance of being the next President. We have women in space. Women in the board room. Women in the kitchen. And women in the reverse cowboy. These are all choices that they alone get to make.

LOL. You know that approach doesn't really work, right?

Faggot.