i want write a function called _42 in kinds computing languages which implement this functionality: accept anything(parameters), and return nothing but 42.
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.
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.
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.
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.)
