Re: remove the meter element

On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ooops, sorry, I meant meter element!
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> On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Shelley Powers <shelley.just@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I filed a bug, several weeks ago, on removing the details element:
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>> http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8555
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>> No decision has been made on this one.
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>> Shelley

I disagree with this bug. I think having an element that can be used
to display a gauge-like graphic will be useful for authors and will
result in more semantic markup being used.

However I really don't like the name "meter". It might be because i'm
english is my second language, but I associate the word "meter" much
more with the SI unit of length, than with a gauge-like instrument. I
unfortunately don't have a better name for it at this time as I agree
that "gauge" is probably too hard to spell.

I do however think it's critical for CSS to enable the <meter> to be
styled such that it gives authors a lot of control of how it is
displayed. Possibly pseudo elements need to be introduced to select
the "full" and "empty" parts of the meter.

I do however think it would be interesting if we could merge
<progressbar> with <meter>. After all, a <progressbar> is just a
specific instance of a <meter>. Usually where the maximum is 100. This
would also remove concern that people would use <progressbar> where
<meter> should be used and the other way around. Suggestions to this
effect would be very welcome to me.

/ Jonas

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