- From: Doron Rosenberg <doronr@gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 22:28:25 -0200
I can play devil's advocate and use mapquest - it wants to display 1.2 miles, not 1,2 miles. Granted a edge case, but I think offering a more powerfull solution might make sense. On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 02:13:03 +1200, Matthew Thomas <mpt at myrealbox.com> wrote: > > On 20 Jun, 2004, at 1:41 AM, Doron Rosenberg wrote: > > > > While it makes sense to use the OS settings, a way to override them is > > probably still needed. Amazon.com wants to calculate in dollars, even > > if you are coming from germany. > > That's why I said: "OSes also have settings for displaying currency, > but I think these would be inappropriate for Web use, because Web sites > are often referring to currencies other than the user's local one." > > That doesn't apply to date or number settings, so there's no need to > override those. > > > > -- > Matthew Thomas > http://mpt.net.nz/ > >
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