> towering at an astonishing 25,646 feet
Why does Web have localization for time values (date format, first day of a week, etc), but not for dimensional or weight measurements?
Why does Web have localization for time values (date format, first day of a week, etc), but not for dimensional or weight measurements?
Also, if it worked like <date> you'd have to put the value in a standardised unit (eg SI units) which would also annoy the Americans and they'd refuse to do it.
"An astonishing 8000 meters" is about as astonishing as 7,817
Machines are already 'correcting' our spelling, do we really want to lose our estimation skills too?