- From: Daniel O'Connor <daniel.oconnor@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:30:06 +0930
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 05:30:47 -0400, Matthew Raymond <mattraymond at earthlink.net> wrote: > Daniel O'Connor wrote: > >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> > > You're thinking <progressmeter>, which was already suggested. The > element <gauge>/<gage> (I do not pretend to have accurate information on > which spelling is more widely used), is intended to show a percentage in > situations where a progress meter would be confusing, like in search > engines where they give you a percent match to your query. This need not > resemble a progress bar. > I know what I'm talking about :D A gauge is an indicator just like a progress bar. Why not just merge the two if at all possible. <indicator id="progress" min="0" max="100" value="0" title="Loading progress" alt="Not Yet Loaded" type="bar" /> (avoid this english UK/US confusion, i'm an aussie and we say Gauge! and dial makes me think of an analog gauge) That way, javascript can be used to increment in stages an item like a progress bar and apply a text label to it. (enjoy the wonders of ascii art) [Loading progress: 70%] 0% |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100% request sent or [Loading progress: 70%] 0% [|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ] 100% [ request sent ] A gauge and a statusbar are joined at the hip, if you want a progress-indictator gauge to have appropriate "alternate" text for accessability purposes. A statusbar by itself is just a gauge with undefined min/max numerical values, its purpose is a textual indicator of progress. [Loading progress] Contacting server... .... or at least thats how I see it. I admit I've not even looked at Dashboard. -- http://www.ahsonline.com.au/dod/FOAF.rdf
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