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List:       kde-panel-devel
Subject:    Re: Review Request: The KSystemActivityDialog uses MB as default unit.
From:       Matthias Fuchs <mat69 () gmx ! net>
Date:       2010-11-30 19:41:33
Message-ID: 201011302041.33945.mat69 () gmx ! net
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Am Dienstag 30 November 2010, 19:03:55 schrieb John Tapsell:
> On 30 November 2010 16:08, Matthias Fuchs <mat69@gmx.net> wrote:
> > how it is displayed to the user:
> > 1) 56 K
> > 2) 3.7 M
> > 3) 5 G
> 
> It takes a lot more effort to see that the last item is using more
> memory.  Especially if you're not that comfortable with the K, B, G
> meanings.
> 
> The "56 K"  takes up more room and looks bigger than "5 G" despite
> being much much smaller.
> 
> > Alternatively adding seperators to make the numbers more readable could
> > be an option:
> > firefox  matthias  3% 650,292 K
> > vs as it is now
> > firefox  matthias  3% 650292 K
> 
> This could be done, but increases the size of the column a tiny bit.
> Maybe worth the sacrifice though.

Yes that is true but I suppose this is a non-issue in many languages.
"Memory" (ger. "Speicher") and "Shared Memory" (ger. "Gemeinsamer Speicher") 
are large terms, so quite often they will use most space available in the 
first place.
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