I agree. This is a real deal-breaker for me. The only thing that I use the calculator for is to convert between hex/dec/bin and that is now very difficult. As far as I can tell, there is no way to set the default input base to be something other than decimal. As a result, every time I enter a hex number, I have to remember to push the X_16 button afterwards.
Even worse, if I want to convert to hex, I have to go through the Preferences menu. This is much more arduous than just clicking the radio button that use to be there. I realize that this GUI change represents a more "stateless" calculator, but it also defies how people (at least, I) expect it to work. Perhaps this change was motivated by people getting confused about which mode they were in. I think there are better solutions. For example, you could always display the current output base in subscript next to the result. On an unrelated note, the hexadecimal digits are now case sensitive. What the? I hope you can undo this change by the time Lucid is released. -- gcalctool 5.29 hides switch for display format in its settings window https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/501054 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
