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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: How to configure konqueror to show KB and MB instead of KiB and
From:       Michael Howell <mhowell123 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-07-01 16:52:25
Message-ID: 200907010952.27185.mhowell123 () gmail ! com
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On Tuesday 30 June 2009 05:20:58 Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 June 2009, Stefan Majewsky wrote:
> > I'm sure that the percentage of people caring about the difference
> > between power-of-10 and power-of-2 units exceeds by far the percentage of
> > people caring about the extra "i".
>
> I doubt it! Most people like to the interface to talk a language they
> understand. Only technical experts knows what a KiB or a MiB is, most users
> on the other hand are comfortable with KB and MBs.
>
> So how do we translate KDE into english?
>
> `Allan
>
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Most don't even notice the extra i. If they do, it's easy to look it up.

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