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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]
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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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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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