David Verhasselt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Perhaps transforming it into a localization problem would do the > trick. This way, users would be able to set their preference on > byte-count in the same place as their preference on currency, > decimal, and am/pm vs 24h. Applications could make use of the > localization settings to calculate the amount of bytes, which would > hopefully eventually centralize and generalize what counting-method > the user sees.
A GiB is the same in any locale, and has the same display -- "GiB" -- in any locale. Displaying it another way is misleading. -- \ "We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!" -- | `\ Vroomfondel, _The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy_, Douglas | _o__) Adams | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
