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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:       2009-07-07 19:52:04
Message-ID: 200907071252.05228.mhowell123 () gmail ! com
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On Monday 06 July 2009 17:01:02 Gary Greene wrote:
> On 7/6/09 4:41 PM, "Sven Burmeister" <sven.burmeister@gmx.net> wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 1. Juli 2009 17:15:01 schrieb Daniel Winter:
> >> 2009/7/1 Josh Berry <des@condordes.net>:
> >>> IMO there is no excuse for having promulgated this DOS-era mistake
> >>> (shortcut?) for as long as we have.  I understand the technical
> >>> reasons for using binary units internally, but presenting them as if
> >>> they were SI units has only contributed to the type of confusion that
> >>> spawned this thread.
> >>
> >> Another addition:
> >>
> >> We (KDE) are not the only one who made the transition to correct use of
> >> units.
> >>
> >> There are quite a few other FOSS applications (GUI as CLI tools) which
> >> are showing Ki/Mi and so on.
> >
> > Indeed. The other day I noticed that e.g. zypper also shows them like
> > that. So KDE is in the starter group of adopting the correct units and
> > not isolated.
> >
> > Sven
> >
> >>> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to
> >>> unsubscribe <<
>
> That may be the case, but those on Windows and Mac will see TWO SETS OF
> UNITS! This becomes a problem for them since end users will see from
> Explorer or Finder KB as the unit with base 2 units and only in KDE
> applications KiB. The response from end users isn't going to be "Oh, I'll
> look that up on the net" but rather, "These guys don't know what normal
> units are for computers."
>
> I hate to say it, but until the proprietary OS vendors move over, this
> shouldn't be the default in KDE since our target audience isn't the ones in
> the know, but rather the ones that will question us for what they perceive
> as incorrect behaviour. Remember, soup boxes don't sell software,
> pragmatism does.
And why would they _want_ to. It's the proprietary systems (hard 
disk vendors, OS vendors) who started this mess. They aren't going to fix it if 
(and since) it helps the disk vendors make money.


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