On Saturday 16 December 2006 20:00, Simson Garfinkel wrote:
> 1. I think that scientific notation should not be the default, unless
> numbers exceed 1E+7.

There are good reasons to use scientific notation for smaller numbers than 
10e+-7: We dont want neighboring tick labels to run into each other on the x 
axis, and we dont tick labels to run out of the window on the y axis. For 
examples, see the attachments at the bottom of this page: 
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1196027&group_id=80706&atid=560720

Darren

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