[haiku-commits] Re: haiku: hrev48768 - src/kits/shared
- From: PulkoMandy <pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2015 13:51:28 +0100
I think fractions result in more "noise" in the data shown, and
sticking to whole numbers keeps things more easily readable. It would
be interesting to use fractions if we made sure there are only 3
significative number in all cases (1.01 Mbps, 10.1 Mbps, 101Mbps, then
1.01Gbps, etc). I went (once again) with the lazy solution.
2015-02-04 11:17 UTC+01:00, Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Am 04.02.2015 um 08:25 schrieb pulkomandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>> eca5549602dc: StringForRate: change the threshold for unit change.
>>
>> We would show "1Mbps" for 1.0 to 1.9 actual speed, which made this not
>> so helpful. Instead, switch to Mbps when reaching 10000 Kbps. So we
>> show
>> "1000 Kbps" or 1900Kbps" in the mentionned situation, and up to "9999
>> Kbps" (note this is still only 4 digits, so it stays readable). We
>> then
>> switch to "10 Mbps", which is still only withing 12% of the actual
>> speed
>> (but better than the previous error of up to 50%).
>
> Why not simply allow for showing fractions?
>
> Bye,
> Axel.
>
>
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