From kde-devel  Tue Jun 30 22:42:28 2009
From: Michael Pyne <mpyne () kde ! org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:42:28 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: How to configure konqueror to show KB and MB instead of KiB and
Message-Id: <200906301842.28921.mpyne () kde ! org>
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On Tuesday 30 June 2009 09:58:50 Stefan Majewsky wrote:
> Am Dienstag 30 Juni 2009 14:20:58 schrieb Allan Sandfeld Jensen:
> > 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.
>
> But continuing with fuzzy language cannot be an option, either. With KB a=
nd
> MB used for both binary and decimal units, users are confused about things
> like 500 GB harddrives magically shrinking to 465,6 GB because the latter
> one is 465,6 GiB. Consistent naming of the units brings more transparency
> in the end, and frankly, I doubt that anyone really notices the "i" if he
> does not know about that.

It's not fuzzy.  Everyone knew what MB, KB, etc. meant with regards to=20
computers, otherwise they wouldn't have been the units used for decades.

The fact that some 23-year-old marketing dweeb fresh out of college at a ha=
rd=20
disk manufacturer thought up the bright idea of misusing the unit by applyi=
ng=20
SI nomenclature and then throwing fine print on the box doesn't negate the=
=20
fact that KB/MB have always been powers of 2^(10*i) for computing.  mibibyt=
es=20
and their ilk are just admitting defeat to storage manufacturers marketing=
=20
departments.

Besides, what to do with USB thumb drives and flash memory?  Mine is labele=
d=20
"2 GB", and it's really 2 GB due to the architecture of flash memory.  No=20
matter what system you use you're going to be wrong if all you're worried=20
about is not confusing poor old Aunt Tillie.

Regards,
 - Michael Pyne

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