On Tuesday, November 30, 2010 17:08:52 Matthias Fuchs wrote: > Am Montag 29 November 2010, 23:02:50 schrieb Sebastian Kügler: > > On Monday, November 29, 2010 22:25:29 Matthias Fuchs wrote: > > > What do you think on the idea I mentioned above, i.e. not using one > > > "size" (KB, MB), but those that fit best, like in Dolphin? Actually > > > only if it is possible from an implementation point of view (is BC/SC > > > needed here?) > > > > How do you mean "fit best"? > > > > In short, I think consistency trumps everything else. > > Yes that is what I think too, that is why we should maybe make it like > Dolphin. > > e.g. memory usage of 3 programs (I assume a base of 10 here, as it makes > the example easier) > 1) 56 K > 2) 3,744 K > 3) 5,019,112 K > > how it is displayed to the user: > 1) 56 K > 2) 3.7 M > 3) 5 G > > What would be used as "K", "M" depends on the global settings, so either > "MiB" or "MB" would be displayed. > > > > Alternatively adding seperators to make the numbers more readable could be > an option: > firefox matthias 3% 650,292 K > vs as it is now > firefox matthias 3% 650292 K > > > I hope my thoughs are better understandable now. :)
Not really. I don't get why you bother with these units _at_all_. You simply shouldn't make up how things are displayed, that's the task of KLocale. Please have a look at http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs- apidocs/kdecore/html/classKLocale.html#a566a3d868abfca050e1191b16e85ed73 -- sebas http://www.kde.org | http://vizZzion.org | GPG Key ID: 9119 0EF9 _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
