unfortunately, this bug was marked as WONTFIX upstream: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108147 over 10 years ago. This might be the correct choice at that time, since nobody used decimal prefixes (except hard disk manufacturers) at that time. I think this decision should be reconsidered though as more and more applications and operating systems are switching to SI units nowadays
** Bug watch added: Mozilla Bugzilla #108147 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=108147 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538738 Title: Firefox uses the SI standard for base-2 units Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox Firefox uses the SI standard for base-2 units. This violates the units policy [1]. Testcase: Open a random page in Firefox (for example, http://ubuntu.com) and then go to Tools -> Page Info -> General -> Size. It should display "17.91 kB (17911 bytes)" instead of "17.49 KB (17911 bytes)". [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnitsPolicy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/538738/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
