- From: Ric Hardacre <whatwg@cycloid.f9.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:02:26 +0100
Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > On Mar 28, 2006, at 9:05 PM, Ric Hardacre wrote: >> >> Ian Hickson wrote: >> ... >>>> The only difference between meter and progress is the potential for >>>> progress to be dynamic. >>> >>> That's a big difference. It means the UI for one has to show that it >>> is static, and the UI for the other has to show that it should "end". >> >> which is laudable, and makes sense, but each will be updatable on the >> fly. a meter has to have this ability, e.g. allowing CNN to show the >> election votes cast on their home page, updated asynchronously. >> ... > > Sure, but they have different meanings. Progress bars are intended to > reach 100% unless cancelled; vote counts are not. In Mac OS, and many > Gnome and KDE themes, <progress> will have an animated appearance by > default; <meter> will not. > you mean the progress bars that just show a bar bouncing back and forth or scrolling across and therefore not actually showing the amount of progress?
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