<snip - using million and mln rather than mega and MB)
Scott James Remnant wrote:
> ... this is yet another strange postfix or unit that users would
> have to learn.
>
> 735.2 MB is not confusing if it means ~735,200,000 bytes.
That's a good point for the short form, so long as the UI spells out
elsewhere what "MB" means.
How about using "million bytes" by default, and "MB" where there's a
significant pixel constraint? That explains things to the user of
average curiosity, and doesn't require any terminology they haven't used
before.
- Andrew
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