Am Dienstag 30 November 2010, 18:05:04 schrieb Sebastian Kügler: > 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
Then please start the KSystemActivityDialog and look at the units that are used there now. Maybe then what I mentioned above makes more sense to you. Actually the first suggestion would use KLocale::formatByteSize , while the second one would keep the current state, yet still makeing the numbers more readable imho. _______________________________________________ Plasma-devel mailing list Plasma-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/plasma-devel
