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There already are many CSS3 sliders created using the 'tilde' selector. http://cssdeck.com/item/348/pure-css3-content-slider http://cssdeck.com/item/348/pure-c

by luzon19 14y ago

There already are many CSS3 sliders created using the 'tilde' selector. http://cssdeck.com/item/348/pure-css3-content-slider http://cssdeck.com/item/348/pure-css3-content-slider http://cssdeck.com/item/308/awesome-rotating-css-image-slider http://cssdeck.com/item/308/awesome-rotating-css-image-slide... http://cssdeck.com/item/153/solitary-css3-slider-rotation-transition http://cssdeck.com/item/153/solitary-css3-slider-rotation-tr... http://cssdeck.com/item/363/simply-css-image-slide http://cssdeck.com/item/363/simply-css-image-slide http://cssdeck.com/item/364/pure-css3-slideshow-without-page-jump http://cssdeck.com/item/364/pure-css3-slideshow-without-page...

alanh 14y ago
Oh, that’s what he meant by slider? Why do some people call these sliders? Things that show a series of images are called carousels (because they rotate!). And what if your “slider” (carousel) fades instead of transitioning with a horizontal wipe? Not sliding then! Sliders are things you drag and drop to select a value within a range (like a volume slider). Had not seen carousels called “sliders” until two days ago, but I hate this misnomer more than anything. Please also note that both Bootstrap and YUI call this pattern a “carousel,” and some of the most popular jQuery plugins do, as well.
- snowwrestler 14y ago
  If your "carousel" uses fade transitions, then it is not "rotating". I don't think there is an accepted universal term. I try to stick to what it is actually doing...if it fades, it's a fader. If it slides it's a slider.
  - alanh 14y ago
    The problem is ambiguity. Overloading, as we programmers say. Why choose an ambiguous word when a specific one exists? Keep in mind the point of calling it anything at all is communication, and communication is a lot harder if people don’t hear what you mean. Call it carousel, and someone either gets it, or asks what a carousel is. Call it a slider, and half of your audience assumes you meant something else entirely. (Also, saying a term is not “universal” is pretty much a tautology in the real world, and it is not a valid argument. And a carousel that fades between items is still rotating, just as ads are “in rotation” on the radio even though nothing turns around: yes, rotation is a somewhat ambiguous word, too.)
- UntitledNo4 14y ago
  It comes from Slide Show.
- StavrosK 14y ago
  I agree with you. Slider already has a meaning in windowing toolkits, carousel is what I've always known this HTML element to be called. No need to confuse things, we might want to implement actual sliders in HTML.

by luzon19 14y ago

alanh 14y ago

Oh, that’s what he meant by slider? Why do some people call these sliders? Things that show a series of images are called carousels (because they rotate!). And what if your “slider” (carousel) fades instead of transitioning with a horizontal wipe? Not sliding then! Sliders are things you drag and drop to select a value within a range (like a volume slider). Had not seen carousels called “sliders” until two days ago, but I hate this misnomer more than anything. Please also note that both Bootstrap and YUI call this pattern a “carousel,” and some of the most popular jQuery plugins do, as well.

snowwrestler 14y ago
If your "carousel" uses fade transitions, then it is not "rotating". I don't think there is an accepted universal term. I try to stick to what it is actually doing...if it fades, it's a fader. If it slides it's a slider.
- alanh 14y ago
  The problem is ambiguity. Overloading, as we programmers say. Why choose an ambiguous word when a specific one exists? Keep in mind the point of calling it anything at all is communication, and communication is a lot harder if people don’t hear what you mean. Call it carousel, and someone either gets it, or asks what a carousel is. Call it a slider, and half of your audience assumes you meant something else entirely. (Also, saying a term is not “universal” is pretty much a tautology in the real world, and it is not a valid argument. And a carousel that fades between items is still rotating, just as ads are “in rotation” on the radio even though nothing turns around: yes, rotation is a somewhat ambiguous word, too.)
UntitledNo4 14y ago
It comes from Slide Show.
StavrosK 14y ago
I agree with you. Slider already has a meaning in windowing toolkits, carousel is what I've always known this HTML element to be called. No need to confuse things, we might want to implement actual sliders in HTML.