[Bug 164299] please do not use terms GiB / MiB / etc.

[Nilesh Bansal]

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------- Additional Comments From nilesh iitb ac in  2008-06-27 07:45 -------
Use of GiB and MiB is really bad from usability perspective. Rest of the world (Windows, Mac, GMail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, you name it) uses GB and MB. I know, this is not 100% technically correct, but it does not really matter. For a normal non-geek user having 1GB free space and 1GiB free space mean the same as both can accommodate only 1 movie. GiB or MiB looks scary for those who are not computer scientists and know the technical difference between 1024 and 1000. Please change the units to MB and GB.

Also, dolphin currently shows free space 129.4MiB when 129.4MiB is free. I would suggest displaying just 129MB (remove the .4, who cares about 400KB, but it adds to information clutter)