Andrew Sayers wrote: > I agree that people can learn what mega and giga mean, so long as you > give them the opportunity to learn. Using "million bytes" > interchangeably with "MB" gives significantly more people that > opportunity.
Sorry, I simply can't believe that. > > "Mega" is also a problem because accessibility isn't just about the > ability to understand something, it's about the amount of mental effort > required. Grab a non-technical friend or family member and ask them how > many million in a billion, then how many kilobytes in a megabyte. You're _equally_ likely to get a right answer - as somebody has already pointed out, a billion is a pretty flexible number. -- derek -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
