- From: Daniel O'Connor <daniel.oconnor@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:39:23 -0700
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:38:43 -0700, Daniel O'Connor <daniel.oconnor at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 17:28:14 +1000, Lachlan Hunt > <lachlan.hunt at iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Petrazickis wrote: > > > Lachlan Hunt wrote: > > >> Several People wrote: > > >>> <gage>...</gage> > > >> > > >> If we're going to have that element, can we at least get the spelling > > >> correct: <gauge>? > > >> > > > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gage > > > > > > Looks like it's merely the less common variant. > > > > Well, if thats the case, I would recommend spelling it as gauge, or > > otherwise finding an element name that does not have conflicting > > American and rest-of-the-world spellings. I'm assuming spelling it as > > gage is American, since they seem to have trouble with the letter 'u' in > > many other words as well, which I personally find really annoying. So, > > I'd rather not have country specific spellings in the markup language. > > > > > > > > -- > > Lachlan Hunt > > http://www.lachy.id.au/ > > > > > > HTML shouldn't give the user agent any kind of direction on rendering > of controls, and gage kind of makes me thing of dials and speedometers > :D > > How about: > <indicator> > or... > <progress> > or... > <status> > > > -- > http://www.ahsonline.com.au/dod/FOAF.rdf > -- http://www.ahsonline.com.au/dod/FOAF.rdf
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