On Tue, 2009-06-02 at 11:22 +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote: > Scott James Remnant wrote: > > ... this is yet another strange postfix or unit that users would > > have to learn. > > > > 735.2 MB is not confusing if it means ~735,200,000 bytes. > > That's a good point for the short form, so long as the UI spells out > elsewhere what "MB" means. > > How about using "million bytes" by default, and "MB" where there's a > significant pixel constraint? That explains things to the user of > average curiosity, and doesn't require any terminology they haven't used > before. > What would you use for the "thousand million bytes" case? :)
HINT: the meaning of "billion" differs between "thousand million" and "million million" depending on your location. Most people in the metric-speaking world know what Kilo means, and have proved themselves able to learn Mega, Giga, etc. Scott -- Scott James Remnant [email protected]
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