Wrong units

[damian101]

f3probe displays MiB as MB and GiB as GB. That's just wrong. On other operating systems like Windows it's still common, but I haven't seen that behavior in any Linux software for a long time.

[AltraMayor]

My choices for F3 have focused on accommodating most of its users. Not only is the vast majority of these users comfortable with the current choice, but they expect it. If there were a flag somewhere in the operating systems on which F3 runs that reflects a user's preference between these notations, I'd be fine with F3 supporting it. But, for now, a hardcoded choice has to be made.

I don't ignore the fact that it's becoming more common to use the "i" units, but I'm not blind to the fact that most people, not the tools, still prefer the old notation. To avoid sounding subjective here, consider that most computer science papers (search on Google Scholar for examples) reflect the current choice.

I foresee that the "i" units will eventually be more popular, and then I'll be glad to patch F3 to reflect that. Until then, all of us have a lot to gain by identifying our subjective preferences and respecting the opinions of our brothers and sisters before framing them as wrong.

[drjasonharrison-vp-eio]

Why not report both? Manufacturers now report what the their units are, eg Samsung Pro Endurance MB-MJ128G: "1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes."