12494 2011-04-14 14:06:45 +0000 Add a scale attribute to the meter element 2013-02-04 23:17:27 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG HTML5 spec unspecified All All RESOLVED FIXED P2 enhancement --- 1 olivier.gendrin dave.null ian mike plh public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking travil public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 47435 0 olivier.gendrin 2011-04-14 14:06:45 +0000 (from an old email : http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html/2008Oct/0076.html) Having a look at meter spec [1], a @scale attribute could be needed (decimal, log, exponential...) to be efficient. Example : size of virus compared to atoms and human, or http://xkcd.com/482/. 51175 1 ian 2011-07-16 00:04:27 +0000 Do you have any examples of pages that have meter widgets that aren't linear? 81668 2 robin 2013-01-21 15:58:10 +0000 Mass move to "HTML WG" 81786 3 robin 2013-01-21 16:00:55 +0000 Mass move to "HTML WG" 82551 4 travil 2013-02-04 23:17:27 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the Editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the Tracker Issue; or you may create a Tracker Issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: No spec change Rationale: Interesting idea. In a short brainstorm, I couldn't come up with a non-linear meter that wouldn't usually be presented in a linear fashion (e.g., decibels, Richter scale). If you turn up a good use case for this, I think we could re-consider it...