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1memeweaver
Jun 9, 2:37 am

How do I get this page to display in metric ?
https://www.librarything.com/stats/memeweaver/physical#height

Apart from a few facts at the bottom of the page, everything is in inches and pounds. Frankly trying to make sense of a book stack "13,149 inches high" without a calculator is exhausting. So much of LT seems geared to an exclusively North American audience.

2thorold
Jun 9, 3:44 am

There's an "Imperial/metric" switch at the top of the page, but it doesn't update everything. For example, there is no conversion between US Bathtubs and rest-of-the-world Bathtubs. Also, the totals and averages box seems to be locked into US units.

The units in the boxes at the top of the page are chosen randomly each time it is loaded, apparently quite independently of the chosen unit system.

3jjwilson61
Jun 9, 3:42 pm

The switch isn't at the top of the page, it's below a row of totals. It would make a lot more sense if it were on the top line with the other controls.

4memeweaver
Jun 25, 6:49 pm

>2 thorold: Also since I have to confirm each time I load Librarything that I really really want British English, then centimetres and metres etc should be spelled correctly.

5John5918
Edited: Jun 26, 4:01 am

I wasn't aware of this feature and just tried it. When I clicked the "Metric" switch it changed the height to metres (even spelling metres correctly, >4 memeweaver:!) but left the weight and pages in Imperial. And some of the features lower down the page are still in Imperial, and centimetres is spelt the US way, centimeters.

6bnielsen
Jun 26, 4:36 am

>5 John5918: Two nations divided by a common language.

I think I'll put The Canterville Ghost in my "To be reread this summer" pile.