Feature #15104

Favor consistency over accuracy when displaying ISO size (GB vs GiB)

Added by sajolida 2017-12-25 23:37:22 . Updated 2017-12-25 23:38:15 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
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sajolida
Category:
Installation
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Start date:
2017-12-25
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0%

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Description

From Feature #14548, the use of GiB was confusing. Like investigated in Bug #9374, major software vendors (Mozilla, Google, and Microsoft) use incorrectly but consistently GiB values displayed with the GB.

Let’s do like the vast majority of the world does at the cost of being wrong.

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Related issues

Related to Tails - Bug #9374: Don't use powers of 1000 for ISO size on the download page Resolved 2015-05-12

History

#1 Updated by sajolida 2017-12-25 23:38:16

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Resolved

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#2 Updated by sajolida 2017-12-26 00:07:31

  • related to Bug #9374: Don't use powers of 1000 for ISO size on the download page added