Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-ui-4] appearance: none on <meter> (#356)

> I like what Chrome does for `meter` and think should be [adopted for `progress`](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=609687) as well. It lets authors show fallback content if they so wish, and gives them flexibility to create an entirely custom widget

I disagree that this is a desirable behavior.  It goes against how HTML normally defines when fallback content should be rendered - namely that it is intended as a fallback for UAs that don't support the element at all. As the current [spec says](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/form-elements.html#the-meter-element) for `<meter>`:

> Authors are encouraged to include a textual representation of the gauge's state in the element's contents, for users of user agents that do not support the meter element.

`appearance:none` should only disable the native theme and let authors style it using CSS, that's all.
Showing alternate content is an orthogonal issue.

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