Suggestion: Size in KB in right-click preview!

[ZoNi]

I would like to see size in KB when I use right-click preview. Is it possible?

[xnview]

I would like to see size in KB when I use right-click preview. Is it possible?
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Everybody agree to add file size?

[Clo]

—> Pierre

Hello !

• I agree, however you might use official right units thus in the case kiB, kB is decimal !
- Please, have a glance (again ?) HERE…

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Claude
Clo

[ZoNi]

—> Pierre
you might use official right units thus in the case kiB, kB is decimal !

why to confuse users? Have you ever seen "25 kiB"?

right click any file, choose Properties, and see if there are any kiB's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte
http://familyinternet.about.com/cs/comp ... 52401a.htm
http://www.drow.de/werbung-und-marketin ... te-kb.html

[Clo]

—> ZoNi

Hello !

- The specifications I quote are legal an applicable since 2005 in France too…
- You are not right to support this kind of error, it allows i.e. the hard-disk makers to f**** the customers fully legally !
And they are right annoucing the sizes as kb= decimal !
• Who does confuse users ?

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Claude
Clo

[helmut]

I think most people don't care, whether a kilobyte is 1000 bytes or 1024 bytes. The difference is just 2.4 %, so why bother. Personally I think that we should continue using kb, mb, gb, and similar.

[Olivier_G]

1. I support the 'show size' idea
2. I support the kiB / kB difference (for the god sake that 1 kilo is 1000)
3. ...and I support the use of "kB" rather than "kiB" in XnView
(mainly because XnView is not a militantism tool : "Mourrons pour des idées, d'accord, mais de mort lente"... )

[Dreamer]

I support it too, but why not "auto-size" B/kB/MB? There are many 1+MB images now...

[ZoNi]

I support it too, but why not "auto-size" B/kB/MB? There are many 1+MB images now...

auto size is just fine!

I use it in Folder Size Shell Extension (freeware) - if someone want to try this usefull program, it is available for d/l here: http://zoni011.googlepages.com/ (at the bottom)

[Drahken]

I fail to see the point of this? I know that windows shows the size of a selected file in the statusbar, and assume the other OSes do as well.

[Dreamer]

It would be useful, for example:

- when you open/save image (to send/upload), there is no status bar in "Choose file" dialog, click the "Browse" here

- in file managers status bar is customizable, so there can be size in bytes only, or it can be completely disabled...

[donnyj]

—> ZoNi

Hello !

- The specifications I quote are legal an applicable since 2005 in France too…
- You are not right to support this kind of error, it allows i.e. the hard-disk makers to f**** the customers fully legally !
And they are right annoucing the sizes as kb= decimal !
• Who does confuse users ?

R
Claude
Clo

I am NOT in France and it would be confusing to EVERYONE I KNOW to see kiB

I have seen only 2 applications out of the THOUSANDS that I have run that have said "kiB". One of the apps I use daily and it has terms such as

Kibibit (1024 Bits)
Kibibyte (1024 Bytes)

But gives you the choice of Kilobit and Kilobyte. You really think changing a measurement term is going to stop harddrive manufactures from ripping people off?? We better rename inches so that monitor manufactures will stop ripping us off too then!

HUH???

[Clo]

—> donnyj

Hi !

• XnView is a FRENCH programme, it ought follow the French and European specs.

- Sooner or later, Pierre risks to miss good deals with important companies or public services
which are strict about the norms…

- When we have language files and menus as text (planned for 2.0), I set the right units in, for sure.

- Be aware that some media makers show the sizes in the two units,
and that there were a lot of lawsuits in several countries about the use of SI units for binary ones…

• That's all .

Regards,
Claude
Clo

[donnyj]

you got me and I agree with all that, the part that got me was the part about how changing a measurement unit would stop harddrive manufactures from cheating people. Trust me they will ALWAYS find a way to cheat people. My favorite of their rip-offs is "unformatted" space. Who can use an unformatted drive? And then PC makers (Dell for one) put "hidden" partitions on them to steal even more space.....

I'll shutup now

—> donnyj

Hi !

• XnView is a FRENCH programme, it ought follow the French and European specs.

- Sooner or later, Pierre risks to miss good deals with important companies or public services
which are strict about the norms…

- When we have language files and menus as text (planned for 2.0), I'll set the right units in, for sure.

- Be aware that some media makers show the sizes in the two units,
and that there were a lot of lawsuits in several countries about the use of SI units for binary ones…

• That's all .

Regards,
Claude
Clo

[ckit]

It's fine the way it currently is!

You all seem to be forgetting, Windows is an American OS.
If you don't like it, switch to Linux.

XnView is French but the XnView shell extension is a tool for Windows Explorer and that is Windows.

Change it to Kibi or Kib and you'll lose my support.