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The difficulty is: Do you express the resulting file size or the amount saved? “30%” could mean you “30% of the original file size” or “you shaved off 30% of t
by dassurma 5y ago
The difficulty is:
Do you express the resulting file size or the amount saved? “30%” could mean you “30% of the original file size” or “you shaved off 30% of the original file size”. You could denote the difference with a sign, like “-30%” but that still confuses people. We ran both options by a lot of our colleagues.
“x% of the original file size” is the least ambiguous, but who has the space to put that entire phrase in their app :-/
- alpaca128 5y ago> You could denote the difference with a sign, like “-30%” but that still confuses people How? This doesn't seem to be a problem whenever a shop runs a sale. You could write "shrunk by/to x%". Or, to stay with the app's theme, "Squooshed by 30%!"
- developit 5y agomy unhelpful take is that I like both
- iudqnolq 5y ago> This doesn't seem to be a problem whenever a shop runs a sale. Maybe because they don't mind people misinterpreting the sale as larger? I've never seen 30% off mean "30% of the original price", so if people misinterpret it will always be too small.