Comments on: ViewMyCurrency is spreading http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/ Automatically converts web pages using current exchange rates Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:21:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: André http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/#comment-432 André Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:23:02 +0000 http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/#comment-432 Hei Will, I'm a german in australia and i'm one of those annoyed by the fact that every $ symbol is treated as USD. I love your extension in every other aspect, especially the latest alpha version that fixes all my other issues i had with it. Could you not just add a configuration interface for the recognized symbolds for each currency? Just make them editable and provide a "reset to defaults" function in case someone messes it up totally. That would make me able to have $ treatet as AUD when in australia and set it back to USD when i go to a us site. Would help heaps. Big kudos for a smart idea and good work, though. André. Hei Will,

I’m a german in australia and i’m one of those annoyed by the fact that every $ symbol is treated as USD. I love your extension in every other aspect, especially the latest alpha version that fixes all my other issues i had with it.

Could you not just add a configuration interface for the recognized symbolds for each currency? Just make them editable and provide a “reset to defaults” function in case someone messes it up totally.

That would make me able to have $ treatet as AUD when in australia and set it back to USD when i go to a us site. Would help heaps.

Big kudos for a smart idea and good work, though.
André.

]]> By: Will Moffat http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/#comment-162 Will Moffat Mon, 20 Feb 2006 23:21:13 +0000 http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/#comment-162 Hi Ken, are you converting _into_ 8 different currencies? I didn't expect people to have many destination currencies but rather lots of source (recognised) currencies. I'm curious to know why you want to do that. But you are right about the table sizing. The width should be relative to the number of target currencies. Thanks. Hi Ken, are you converting _into_ 8 different currencies? I didn’t expect people to have many destination currencies but rather lots of source (recognised) currencies. I’m curious to know why you want to do that.

But you are right about the table sizing. The width should be relative to the number of target currencies. Thanks.

]]> By: ken meece http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/#comment-161 ken meece Mon, 20 Feb 2006 20:42:45 +0000 http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/#comment-161 a cosmetic suggestion: on the "currencies" page of the options, when expanded in width (eg, to full screen), keep the "exchange rate details" column on the right side as small as reasonable so taht the the left side (under "change my currency") is the one which expands in width. this way more of the entries are viewable. currently, if e.g. 8 currencies are listed there, the resulting grid forces each column to be so small that no data is viewable. a cosmetic suggestion:

on the “currencies” page of the options, when expanded in width (eg, to full screen), keep the “exchange rate details” column on the right side as small as reasonable so taht the the left side (under “change my currency”) is the one which expands in width. this way more of the entries are viewable. currently, if e.g. 8 currencies are listed there, the resulting grid forces each column to be so small that no data is viewable.

]]> By: Will Moffat http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/#comment-134 Will Moffat Thu, 16 Feb 2006 11:11:36 +0000 http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/#comment-134 Hi Christian: I'll have a think about adding an option so you can select the accuracy. (Might be nice to get rid of stupid prices like 9.99) I was also thinking about adding a "Shopping Mode" where you can add a percentage (conversion fee) + fixed amount (postage fee) to each amount. Hi Christian: I’ll have a think about adding an option so you can select the accuracy. (Might be nice to get rid of stupid prices like 9.99)

I was also thinking about adding a “Shopping Mode” where you can add a percentage (conversion fee) + fixed amount (postage fee) to each amount.

]]> By: Christian Schmidt http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/#comment-131 Christian Schmidt Thu, 16 Feb 2006 07:45:59 +0000 http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/#comment-131 >Do you know if it’s also the correct default for Norway, Sweden >and Iceland? No, I don't. I looked at a few Swedish websites and say that they used "kr", so perhaps this is the reason why MS and others think that this is used in Denmark as well. >I’ll need to think about decimals, it’s a trade-off between accuracy >and layout Agreed. But since not many users can exchange money to the specific change rate, I think most people are satisfied with an approximate amount (credit card issuers and banks usually add a small percentage to the market exchange rates). >Just set ViewMyCurrency to ‘OFF’ and use the right-click Convert >Text option. Ah, I didn't notice that. Cool :-) >Do you know if it’s also the correct default for Norway, Sweden
>and Iceland?
No, I don’t. I looked at a few Swedish websites and say that they used “kr”, so perhaps this is the reason why MS and others think that this is used in Denmark as well.

>I’ll need to think about decimals, it’s a trade-off between accuracy
>and layout
Agreed. But since not many users can exchange money to the specific change rate, I think most people are satisfied with an approximate amount (credit card issuers and banks usually add a small percentage to the market exchange rates).

>Just set ViewMyCurrency to ‘OFF’ and use the right-click Convert
>Text option.
Ah, I didn’t notice that. Cool :-)

]]> By: Will Moffat http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/#comment-130 Will Moffat Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:17:46 +0000 http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/#comment-130 Christian: thanks for your feedback. Lots of good ideas. - I'll fix the 'kr.' symbol in the next release. Do you know if it's also the correct default for Norway, Sweden and Iceland? - I don't want to mess around with fonts as that's even more likely to screw up a web page. I was also thinking about tooltips. (By the way, you can hide the original values, that should improve the formatting). I'll need to think about decimals, it's a trade-off between accuracy and layout. - Conversion on demand is already there. Just set ViewMyCurrency to 'OFF' and use the right-click Convert Text option. Christian: thanks for your feedback. Lots of good ideas.
- I’ll fix the ‘kr.’ symbol in the next release. Do you know if it’s also the correct default for Norway, Sweden and Iceland?
- I don’t want to mess around with fonts as that’s even more likely to screw up a web page. I was also thinking about tooltips. (By the way, you can hide the original values, that should improve the formatting). I’ll need to think about decimals, it’s a trade-off between accuracy and layout.
- Conversion on demand is already there. Just set ViewMyCurrency to ‘OFF’ and use the right-click Convert Text option.

]]> By: Christian Schmidt http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/#comment-129 Christian Schmidt Wed, 15 Feb 2006 21:12:45 +0000 http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/2006/02/15/viewmycurrency-is-spreading/#comment-129 Great extension! Some comments: - the symbol for Danish krone is "kr." (with a period), not "kr" (e.g. MS software for some reason defaults to "kr", but this is never ever user in real life in Denmark). - inserting the local currency sometimes screw up the layout of the webpage. Another way to show it is in a tooltip or perhaps with a smaller font. Skipping the decimals (this is reasonable for amounts larger than, say, 10) also saves space. - a way to avoid the "unresponsive script" dialog could be not to display the amounts inline but instead add a "convert" item to the right-click menu. In this way you would only have to do the conversion on demand. Great extension! Some comments:
- the symbol for Danish krone is “kr.” (with a period), not “kr” (e.g. MS software for some reason defaults to “kr”, but this is never ever user in real life in Denmark).
- inserting the local currency sometimes screw up the layout of the webpage. Another way to show it is in a tooltip or perhaps with a smaller font. Skipping the decimals (this is reasonable for amounts larger than, say, 10) also saves space.
- a way to avoid the “unresponsive script” dialog could be not to display the amounts inline but instead add a “convert” item to the right-click menu. In this way you would only have to do the conversion on demand.

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