Timeline for What is an alternative way to display a very large number?
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| Feb 6, 2014 at 14:32 | answer | added | S.. | timeline score: 0 | |
| S Feb 6, 2014 at 13:26 | history | edited | Bart Gijssens | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| S Feb 6, 2014 at 13:26 | history | suggested | Pacerier | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 5, 2012 at 18:24 | answer | added | Jorden van Foreest | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 5, 2012 at 10:34 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackUX/status/220828109245648896 | ||
| Jul 5, 2012 at 9:35 | comment | added | kastark | @Rahul The research suggests that most people are not very numerate: nationalnumeracy.org.uk/what-the-research-says/index.html and also nrdc.org.uk/projects_details.asp?ProjectID=42 | |
| Jul 5, 2012 at 9:33 | comment | added | Ami | @Rahul - I think if you ask 100 people on the street what is the number 1.1e10, most of them would not know. I just asked around in my office (which is full of technical people, but not programmers...), 1 out of 4 knew what 1.1e10 is. | |
| Jul 5, 2012 at 9:30 | comment | added | Ami | @dhmholley - the number represents money (account balance). the accuracy required is 2 decimal points, and the format is according to the users' locale (i.e. thousands separator, etc.) | |
| Jul 5, 2012 at 9:27 | history | edited | Rahul | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 5, 2012 at 9:26 | vote | accept | Ami | ||
| Jul 5, 2012 at 9:23 | comment | added | Rahul | Since when does the general public not understand scientific notation? Doesn't everyone learn that in, like, 7th grade? | |
| Jul 5, 2012 at 9:14 | comment | added | kastark | What are you trying to represent with the numbers? Their size relative to something else or each other? Absolute values? What accuracy do you need? These things will inform your formatting just as much as readability. | |
| Jul 5, 2012 at 8:56 | answer | added | Peter | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 5, 2012 at 8:53 | answer | added | Michael | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jul 5, 2012 at 8:47 | history | asked | Ami | CC BY-SA 3.0 |