- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 18:22:04 -0500
- To: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Cc: Adrian Bateman <adrianba@microsoft.com>, Maciej Stachowiak <mjs@apple.com>, HTMLWG WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 6:12 PM, Jonas Sicking<jonas@sicking.cc> wrote: > On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Tab Atkins Jr.<jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Jonas Sicking<jonas@sicking.cc> wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Tab Atkins Jr.<jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Adrian Bateman<adrianba@microsoft.com> wrote: >>>>> <meter> does seem like a corner case - I'm also not convinced it would be broadly used. <progress> seems like a reasonable control - it supports both the progress and activity use cases that Windows also provides. I agree with Jonas that it's unlikely to get broad adoption without styling support. >>>> >>>> Assuming proper styling controls, meters are used *everywhere*. Think >>>> about every time you see a rating site that gives a movie 4 stars, for >>>> example. >>> >>> Interesting, that's the first time I've heard of a common use of >>> something that could use <meter>s. Do you have more examples? (Asking >>> since you say "*everywhere*"). >> >> Well, by that I'm talking about everywhere that things are given >> ratings, like 3/5 stars for a movie, or 2/5 dollar signs for a >> restaurant. These are all meters. > > Yes, i got that part. What i was wondering was if you had examples of > <meter>s other than the "X stars rating" example (as common as it is). Ah, I understand you now. Those are definitely the most prevalent, but the existing spec examples hit what I feel are the next most common groups. I can't think of anything beyond that off the top of my head. ~TJ
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