On Tue, 2006-06-13 at 16:40 +0200, Raphael Bosshard wrote: > See http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344296 > > This patch changes the human readable filesizes > (gnome_vfs_format_file_size_for_display) which are curently displayed > (rather missleading) with binary prefix multipliers (such as Kilo, Mega, > Giga) to more appropriate binary prefix multipiers (Kibi, Mebi, Gibi). > The IEC approved standard symbols (KiB, MiB, GiB) are used. > > For more information please read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
This has already been denied in bugs like: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=127175 Which references mails like: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2003-December/msg00004.html and the gnome docs style guides: http://developer.gnome.org/documents/style-guide/units.html For what its worth I very much agree with Patrick. The binary prefixes are silly and nobody but anal-retentive ultra-geeks will understand them, thus confusing the general userbase (who haven't seen them before). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Alexander Larsson Red Hat, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] He's a sword-wielding pirate librarian searching for his wife's true killer. She's a time-travelling junkie Hell's Angel in the wrong place at the wrong time. They fight crime! _______________________________________________ gnome-vfs-list mailing list gnome-vfs-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-vfs-list
