[dolphin] [Bug 428045] New: Use metric units for file sizes

[Erik Quaeghebeur]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=428045

            Bug ID: 428045
           Summary: Use metric units for file sizes
           Product: dolphin
           Version: 20.04.3
          Platform: Gentoo Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: REPORTED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: panels: folders
          Assignee: dolphin-bugs-null at kde.org
          Reporter: kde at equaeghe.nospammail.net
                CC: kfm-devel at kde.org
  Target Milestone: ---

File sizes in Dolphin are given using IEC units (B, KiB = 1024 B, MiB = 1024
KiB,…). Metric units (B, kB = 1000 B, MB = 1000 kB,…) are more appropriate. The
reasons are:

* There is no underlying reason to use multiples of 1024, because the size of
the content is shown, not of the multiple of block size of the medium the file
resides on.
* It is easier to reason in multiples of 1000 than in multiples of 1024.

Therefore, please use metric units for file sizes.

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