Update Obsolete units (KB, MB, GB) to new standards (KiB, MiB, GiB)

[damoklas]

​http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabyte

The following two quotes are from ​http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1541-2002

"While the International System of Units (SI) defines multiples based on powers of ten (like k = 103, M = 106, etc.), a different definition is sometimes used in computing, based on powers of two (like k = 210, M = 220, etc.) This is due to the use of binary addressing for computer memory locations."

"IEEE 1541 recommends:

• a set of units to refer to quantities used in digital electronics and computing:
  • bit (symbol 'b'), a binary digit;
  • byte (symbol 'B'), a set of adjacent bits (usually, but not necessarily, eight) operated on as a group;
  • octet (symbol 'o'), a group of eight bits;
• a set of prefixes to indicate binary multiples of the aforesaid units:
  • kibi (symbol 'Ki'), 2¹⁰ = {{gaps|1|024}};
  • mebi (symbol 'Mi'), 2²⁰ = {{gaps|1|048|576}};
  • gibi (symbol 'Gi'), 2³⁰ = {{gaps|1|073|741|824}};
  • tebi (symbol 'Ti'), 2⁴⁰ = {{gaps|1|099|511|627|776}};
  • pebi (symbol 'Pi'), 2⁵⁰ = {{gaps|1|125|899|906|842|624}};
  • exbi (symbol 'Ei'), 2⁶⁰ = {{gaps|1|152|921|504|606|846|976}};
• that the first part of the binary prefix is pronounced as the analogous SI prefix, and the second part is pronounced as bee;
• that SI prefixes are not used to indicate binary multiples."

[stippi]

Tracker, Installer and DriveSetup are fixed in hrev35935. There are probably more apps which need to be updated.

[scottmc]

This one is being researched as a GCI task. So far the student has identified 4 apps/preflets that still need units changed:

1. Applications
   1. ActivityMonitor

2. Desktop applets
   1. ProcessController

3. Preferences
   1. E-mail
   2. VirtualMemory

There may still be others.

[aldeck]

Sorry to comment this late, but i think it would be preferable to change things the other way around, that is, keeping the KB, MB notation but use power of ten values. So that we are S.I compliant and at the same time use more meaningful values for users. Ideally it could be a global setting for "data size" formatting just like number formatting or monetary formatting so that people can keep "kilobyte era" habits if they really want to.

[korli]

Replying to aldeck:

Sorry to comment this late, but i think it would be preferable to change things the other way around, that is, keeping the KB, MB notation but use power of ten values. So that we are S.I compliant and at the same time use more meaningful values for users. Ideally it could be a global setting for "data size" formatting just like number formatting or monetary formatting so that people can keep "kilobyte era" habits if they really want to.

This would be an enhancement :) I always thought the gigabyte term was misused and meant for users "GiB", we just use the good notation, the numbers are the same.

[richienyhus]

Plus also BootMan

[scottmc]

Replying to scottmc:

This one is being researched as a GCI task. So far the student has identified 4 apps/preflets that still need units changed:

1. Applications
   1. ActivityMonitor

2. Desktop applets
   1. ProcessController

3. Preferences
   1. E-mail
   2. VirtualMemory

There may still be others.

Bootman

Process controller and Bootman seem to be fixed now.

[stpere]

ActivityMonitor is done in hrev45855.

[stpere]

Mail is done in hrev45856. VirtualMemory was already ready.

[pulkomandy]

So there is nothing left to do.