When did slideshows become sliders, which used to mean something else?
Why does Android call its drop-down menus spinners?
"I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary."
Why does Android call its drop-down menus spinners?
"I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems weird and scary."
This is one of those things where I wish people wouldn't arbitrarily change names. Makes communication more difficult than it needs to be. Seems to be the irritating UI patterns that get refurbed into new names (same shit in a different box). Who would dare rename a button? Buttons are cool. Accordian / slider / moving billboard / whatever is just awful.
Which brings up the fact that Yahoo did give us an organized Design Pattern Library replete with nomenclature, descriptions, and examples.
BTW, real sliders can suck, too, if they don't offer a textbox where you can type in the value.