Show HN: MetricPlease – Bookmarklet that turns 100 yards into 91.4 m

Show HN: MetricPlease – Bookmarklet that turns 100 yards into 91.4 m(github.com)

2 points by rufname 5 years ago | 3 comments

kristianp 5 years ago |

Great idea, it's so annoying that even science sites don't use metric, for example a recent article about room temperature superconductors:

https://www.quantamagazine.org/physicists-discover-first-roo...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24777268

rufname 5 years ago | |

Those sites will be good test cases for the bookmarklet. And I see I have to add Fahrenheit for the next release.

rufname 5 years ago |

This little bookmarklet helps with reading webpages that use "inches", "feet", "yards" and "miles" for people (like me) used to the metric system. (It can also handle in. ft. yd. mi.)