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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 164299] please do not use terms GiB / MiB / etc.
From:       Nilesh Bansal <nilesh () iitb ! ac ! in>
Date:       2008-06-27 5:45:25
Message-ID: 20080627054525.25445.qmail () ktown ! kde ! org
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------- Additional Comments From nilesh iitb ac in  2008-06-27 07:45 -------
Use of GiB and MiB is really bad from usability perspective. Rest of the world \
(Windows, Mac, GMail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, you name it) uses GB and MB. I know, this \
is not 100% technically correct, but it does not really matter. For a normal non-geek \
user having 1GB free space and 1GiB free space mean the same as both can accommodate \
only 1 movie. GiB or MiB looks scary for those who are not computer scientists and \
know the technical difference between 1024 and 1000. Please change the units to MB \
and GB.

Also, dolphin currently shows free space 129.4MiB when 129.4MiB is free. I would \
suggest displaying just 129MB (remove the .4, who cares about 400KB, but it adds to \
information clutter)


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