| Woolfe |
So I asked this question via email, and they suggested I look here.
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I did a quick search before hand, and it looks like there is a fair bit around it but I couldn't find a specific thread on it. (I didn't look super hard I must admit).
SO my question.
First - Why is there no Metric System version in English?
Second - Is anyone looking at this, and if not why not?
I understand that probably the majority of your market is US/UK. However there is a substantial number of other english speaking nations that use the Metric system.
I find it odd that with today's technology it is not possible to simply create a script that identifies and modifies the documents to have metric system values instead of imperial. Especially as I understand the German version has already done this.
I imagine there may well be some fiddling required. Metric and Imperial do not match up neatly in all situations, so it may be that a 10 foot measurement is rounded down to a neat 3 metres, but once you have the basis for that sort of decision surely converting Imperial to metric would be simple.
You could then ask those who have already purchased copies to register there interest, and they could perhaps do checking and play testing to ensure it still works ok. Which I can't imagine it being wildly out of whack.
Anyway. I apologise if this starts any great them and us arguments, it is not aimed at that. I am simply surprised that with today's tech this sort of thing is even an issue.