ugh I was reminded of the newer "modern" html input types again, day ruined
a good rant about the useless bs that is `input type=range` helped, but … not enough, never enough
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@rixx but... but what's wrong with range? 🥺
@bleeptrack range is SO BAD!
Ok, so first off, with type=email, you enter an email, with type=number, you enter a number. With type=range, you enter … a number inside a range.
We had that already! It was called type=number.
Then, the design decision of "select a number inside a range, but the actual number does not matter and is not shown" is just bonkers to me. Showing it by default and making it trivial to hide with CSS? Ok, sure. But just … not showing it? Wild decisionmaking.
@rixx @bleeptrack All the range inputs i ever used have some javascript next to it to show the value in realtime. Who designed this that badly?
@bleeptrack Like, I feel like even Safari's <input type=checkbox switch> has more regular use than this. (And, frankly, <input type=number range> to change default display of the number input … sure, I guess.)
I just feel like it's a waste.
@rixx now I'm curious about the rant
