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Everytime I see a webpage quoting values
in foreign currencies, or events occuring
in timezones outside of my own, I have
to calculate. In these days of smartish
browsers, this seems odd.
The loc-glob translation is a browser
widget/plugin that recognises currencies
or timezones in the
text of the page.
Using your local settings, it then
translates them (using the latest
internet-based values) into my local
settings.
[I know some websites already do this,
but I want this as a browser feature for
all sites regardless of their local
programming]
"Your hotel in New York will cost $300
(loc-glo xlate £200) ..."
Widget to also convert temperatures,
heights, weights according to my local
requirements.
this is where I'd start
http://en.wikipedia...culating_currencies
currencies [neilp, Nov 26 2006]
currency convertor
http://viewmycurrency.wordpress.com/
for firefox [neilp, Nov 26 2006]
Short name, e.g., Bob's Coffee
Destination URL.
E.g., http://www.coffee.com/
Description (displayed with the short name and URL.)
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//I know some websites already do this, but I want this as a browser feature for all sites regardless of their local programming]// |
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hardly. I'm presenting an idea for a browser plugin, which you may choose to download and implement if you so wish. |
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Or you can use a calculator. |
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Timezones are simple, but currency exchanges depend on markups. Would you want to know price just to get a rough idea, or do you want to know what it would costs for you to order? |
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That's a very good point. Currency value changes on a daily basis. For instance, today the exchange rate could be 120 yen to the dollar. Tomorrow it could be 132 yen to the dollar. Next day, 125. Could this keep up with that? |
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Isn't this what the some antic web is supposed to be able to allow? Sensible datatyping of types of data might help, too. Microformats that respond to span classes, that sort of thing. |
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I'd like an option for currencies to stay in native format in the body of the page, but if you hover the mouse pointer over them a pop-up conversion will appear. |
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Is that what you mean or do you intend to alter the page content (or allow the choice)? |
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I propose that the currency conversion
is live and dynamic, fetching the latest
exchange rate from another website
somewhere. |
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It might display the text like this : |
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"Your hotel in New York will cost $300
(loc-glo xlate £200) ..." |
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It's then clear what the original and
translated costs are. |
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yup, this is completely achievable and a really nice idea. It'll be a bit of a headache for countries that operate in dollars (because there's no standardisation around USD/AUD etc.)but have .com domain names, but the browser extension could probably do a bit or logic in there to have a rough guess what's up. Very nice. (+) |
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actually, it looks like there's a currency one already for firefox (see link). |
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