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clarify use of kibibyte/kilobyte
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RESOLVED: WONTFIX
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Xfce4-netload-plugin
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Description Liv 2013-03-18 12:43:47 CET
Currently the maximum speed limits for the bars are indicated using KiB/s, which I assume is kibibyte per second. Even though this seems to be technically correct ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KiB ), unaware users will be confused by the "strange" notation since most users are used to KB as in 'kilobyte'. Adding a small tooltip to the 'maximum incoming/outgoing' input fields would help clarify it for users. It could be along teh lines: "Input maximum speed in kibibytes per second".
Comment 1 Mike Massonnet editbugs 2014-11-02 13:52:24 CET
the change is minimal and esthetic, wont do however

if you are curious user a quick search will teach about the difference :)
Comment 2 Liv 2014-11-02 14:38:54 CET
Yeah, agreed. But for me it was a shocker when I realized what was going on. :)

Bug #9931

Reported by:
Liv
Reported on: 2013-03-18
Last modified on: 2014-11-02

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Florian Rivoal
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