- From: Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:46:28 +0200
- To: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Cc: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>, HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:10 , Lachlan Hunt wrote: > Henri Sivonen wrote: >> 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... :-( > > I'm not convinced that the spelling issues of gauge are a major > problem, since if you get spell it wrong, it will have a noticeable > effect of not working. Hixie rejected this argument once before, > but I believe the misconceptions about the meaning of the "meter" > outweigh the spelling issue which is both noticeable and easy to > correct. Agreed. Besides, <meter> is just as prone if not more to misspelling, especially if you add non-native speakers (μέτρον, mètre, metre, metr, metro, metri, metrum, mitre, metru...). How about <indicator>? -- Robin Berjon - http://berjon.com/
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