- From: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 10:43:07 +0300
- To: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Cc: Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Sep 1, 2009, at 08:14, Jonas Sicking wrote: > Also, as someone not from Liberia, Burma or the United States, I find > the name very confusing. I usually associate the term 'meter' with the > unit of length. In fact, the first time I saw the element I thought it > was more related to <time> than to <progress>, i.e. some way to mark > up distances. I think the old name <gauge> was clearer, but it was reported as a spelling problem, so the element was renamed to another word infamous for spelling issues... :-( -- Henri Sivonen hsivonen@iki.fi http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
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