Re:Tell HN: iOS converts units for highlighted text
by codetrotter on Thursday April 27, 2023 @02:11AM
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Similarly I am on iOS 16.2 and have measurement system set to metric, my region to Norway, and my main preferred language to English.
I see the following: 0,24 l | 23,66 cl | 236,59 ml | 236,59 cm^3
It’s using comma as decimal because the number format is set as 1 234 567,89 as is default for region Norway.
It’s weird that mine shows the symbol for litres as a lowercase L and not as an uppercase L though.
Re:Tell HN: iOS converts units for highlighted text
by jonsen on Thursday April 27, 2023 @02:54AM
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Both of 'l' and 'L' are acceptable as unit abbreviations for litre:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-SI_units_mentioned_in_th...
Re:Tell HN: iOS converts units for highlighted text
by newaccount74 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @02:49AM
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The metric conversions are idiotic. Converting "1 cup" to 5 decimal places is misleading, and offering alternatives in l / cl / ml (with a capital ell??) is useless. The addition of cm^3 is the cherry on top :)
This was clearly designed by someone who has never used the metric system.
A human would convert it to "1/4 liter" or "250ml".
Edit: Actually, a human would convert "1 cup of flour" into "150g flour", since most local recipes use weight instead of volume for solids. Which shows that good localisation is a lot more than just literal translation + unit conversion.
0.24 L | 23.66 cL | 236.59 mL | 236.59 cm^3 | 0.0625 gal | 0.5 pt | 0.25 qt | 8 fl oz | 16 tbsp | 48 tsp | 0.00836 ft^3 | 14.44 in^3
My “measurement system” under language and region in settings is set to “Metric”. Perhaps yours is incorrectly set to “UK”?
I’m also running iOS 16.5 beta, if it helps.