982124 - Output numbers in localized formats

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia::System, defect)

Description

[Rimas Kudelis [use needinfo to ping]]

Regardless of the locale in use, all Gaia applications currently output numbers in "computer" (US) format, that is, any floating point number will look like 123456.789.

That is not the right format for many locales. Considering that since v29, Gecko supports Intl.NumberFormat(), I would suggest to format numbers using that method by default.

This bug is somewhat similar to bug 837480, but that one seems to suggest to allow localizers to format numbers. Here I'm proposing to employ what's already in the platform.

Comment 1

[Bartosz Piec]

Dup of bug 837480?

Comment 2

[Bartosz Piec]

Oh, sorry, you mentioned this bug number already…

Comment 3

[Rimas Kudelis [use needinfo to ping]]

Here's a quick list of places that should use localized number formats:

* FM radio (wavelength indicator)
* Settings application (application storage and media storage, perhaps also the list of downloads and some other places)
* Amounts in Cost Control

And I'm sure there are lots of other places that I missed...

Comment 4

[Zibi Braniecki [:zbraniecki][:gandalf]]

Actually, the Intl API did not land on FxOS yet. Bug 866301

Comment 5

[Rimas Kudelis [use needinfo to ping]]

(In reply to Zibi Braniecki [:gandalf][:zibi] from comment #4)
> Actually, the Intl API did not land on FxOS yet. Bug 866301

It has been marked as fixed a few hours ago. I suppose this means we can proceed here?

Comment 6

[Francesco Lodolo [:flod]]

(In reply to Rimas Kudelis from comment #5)
> (In reply to Zibi Braniecki [:gandalf][:zibi] from comment #4)
> > Actually, the Intl API did not land on FxOS yet. Bug 866301
> 
> It has been marked as fixed a few hours ago. I suppose this means we can
> proceed here?

I think we need at least a few days to see if it sticks, considering how big that changeset is.

Comment 7

[Staś Małolepszy :stas]

We're close to landing the L20n file format in bug 1027684 which will allow us to start expose Intl's methods like NumberFormat to localizers.

Comment 8

[BMO Automation]

Firefox OS is not being worked on