Woo!
Okay.
We've looked at the progress bar.
We've looked at the meter bar.
Before we finish up, let's just summarize what we've learned.
It's always good to do a summary, isn't it?
Otherwise you can get quite lost and it can feel quite daunting.
Firstly, progress bars convey how much work in a task has been completed.
Always think of this as something as always updating.
For example a questionnaire on a form, the current duration in a video, the time it's taking for a file
to download or upload,
etc
etc.
This is what progress bars were designed to do, or to convey.
The meter bar, on the other hand, is used to display a fixed measurement on a known scale like low,
medium, high.
It's more of a gauge and therefore do not use the meter element to indicate the progress completion of
a task.
It's just not what it's designed to do.
As I mentioned, the meter will be good for showing things like current disk usage, fuel tank status,
heat temperatures,
etc
etc.
So I guess what I want to say through all of this is this progress bars represents units of work that
are ongoing, whereas meter bars represent a snapshot reading at any given moment, and that is the primary
distinction between them.
So there we go.
I know I'm rushing through this.
I just wanted to mention progress bars and meter bars because you will see them on forms now and again.
But you know, they're not as important as some of the other form widgets we've looked at.
But nevertheless, still good to know about.
I've had so much fun in this section.
Aww, I just ... you know, I'm always sad that, you know, I know we're not at the end of the course,
but we are approaching there.
But anyway, you'll stick with me I'm sure, in other courses.
I'll see you around.
But let's, um
let's
don't get too sad yet.
We've still got a lot to cover.
See you in the next lecture.