[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 208190] Use SI Units (based on 1000, not 1024) for file sizes, per HIG

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=208190

--- Comment #14 from Paul Irish <paulirish at chromium.org> ---
(I'm mostly uninvolved with DevTools stuff these days, but I've been involved in this discussion as Lighthouse TL)

Back in June when this conversation really started getting going, I emphasized the ecosystem impact. Because, of course, it's not desirable to make a change that creates inconsistent measurements across tools. 

There's really three options in handling this:

Option A) Use 1000 and label as KB
Option B) Use 1024 and label as KiB
Option C) Use 1024 and label as KB

I initially thought "Is Option C really that bad?" but later realized that approaches violates all relevant Standards of units (since ~1998). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix

The general consensus is that A and B are fine, but C should be avoided.

( There's also a great document where Ubuntu did this same soul searching: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnitsPolicy )

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