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  1. joecool85 Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 24, 2010
    834 posts
    Central Maine
    I'm a geek and as such, I'm constantly striving towards moving completely to metric and other scientific standards (even though I live in the US). I've built a web based converter so all of us can put in our lame ° F and find out how many awesome ° C or ° K it is.

    http://www.thatraymond.com/ftock.php
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  2. mayhem Minister of Fire

    joined: May 8, 2007
    1,938 posts
    Peru, MA
    Cool. Need to fix the button so it pushes when you hit the enter key, not just a mouse click.

    Might as well put all the conversions out there too!
  3. joecool85 Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 24, 2010
    834 posts
    Central Maine
    Good point about the enter button, I'll work on that next time I have a few minutes to code. Not sure if I'll bother with the other conversions unless lots of folks here really want me to - I primarily made it for me as a quick reference.

    **edit**
    Enter key works for me on FireFox 9 / Win XP. What are you running for a browser and OS?
  4. lukem Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 12, 2010
    3,252 posts
    Indiana
    Worked for me on Chrome.
  5. pen Super Moderator

    joined: Aug 2, 2007
    6,096 posts
    N.E. Penna
    Works well from the few numbers I tried.

    pen
  6. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    22,174 posts
    Northern Virginia
    I always have to Google up a C to F converter. I know what the temp is in F and when our Canuck friends talk about it in that C stuff is when I have to hustle. For some reason everything sounds colder in Celsius. :-S
  7. woodgeek Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 27, 2008
    1,472 posts
    SE PA
    I like the woodgrain.
  8. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,263 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    Yeah, OK, now, since you have all that left over room on the page, add the capability to enter °C and have it convert to °F and Rankine. Rick
  9. pen Super Moderator

    joined: Aug 2, 2007
    6,096 posts
    N.E. Penna
    I'm all for the °C --> °F and throwing Kelvin in the mix, but Rankine!!! Really? You need that???? :lol:

    pen
  10. fossil Super Moderator

    joined: Sep 30, 2007
    9,263 posts
    Bend, Oregon
    I need it every bit as much as I need Kelvin.
  11. Battenkiller Minister of Fire

    Yeah, but their kilometers are kick-ass fast.
  12. BrotherBart He Who Moderates

    joined: Nov 18, 2005
    22,174 posts
    Northern Virginia
    Yeah I know. Guy in a Mercedes taxi hauled my butt from a place in Leon France to the airport one day. I knew we were flying down the road but looking at that speedometer in kilos was made it even scarier.

    .
  13. Battenkiller Minister of Fire

    Yeah... Looks like Pergo wood.
  14. joecool85 Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 24, 2010
    834 posts
    Central Maine
    Thanks, it's the same background I have for the rest of my site, thatraymond.com

    As for adding in the ° C to ° F, I guess I might just have to since a few of you have asked.
  15. mayhem Minister of Fire

    joined: May 8, 2007
    1,938 posts
    Peru, MA
    Win 7 x64 and IE9, enter button clears the number entry box both with compatibility mode on and off. I get the same resul on an XP SP3 laptop running IE7 and IE8.

    Works on my 7 box with Chrome 15 and Firefox (don't know the release of FF...I use it maybe once every 4-5 months to see if I like it or not, then shut it down and go back to IE).

    This marks the very first time ever that I have seen any web function not work in IE but works in other browsers. Have to put in on my calendar.
  16. joecool85 Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 24, 2010
    834 posts
    Central Maine
    You must not be a web developer. I've seen it many times. I'll look into it, but I have a feeling it's a glitch with IE. I should be able to make a work-around.
  17. joecool85 Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 24, 2010
    834 posts
    Central Maine
    I've added Celsius to Fahrenheit and Kelvin. I'm not going to add Kelvin to Fahrenheit to Celsius because it would add clutter and seriously, who uses Kelvin but doesn't know the Fahrenheit or Celsius equivalent already?

    http://thatraymond.com/ftock.php
  18. joecool85 Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 24, 2010
    834 posts
    Central Maine
    Just released v2.1, fixed a few bugs so it should show properly on all current browsers. It also loads a tick faster.
  19. jharkin Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 21, 2009
    2,105 posts
    Holliston, MA USA
    Except for negative 40 ;)
  20. jharkin Minister of Fire

    joined: Oct 21, 2009
    2,105 posts
    Holliston, MA USA
    Wow there are sooooooo many things that work better in pretty much any other browser. Not to mention IE ranks dead last in nearly all speed tests.
  21. joecool85 Minister of Fire

    joined: Jan 24, 2010
    834 posts
    Central Maine
    Yeah, the only reason I even support IE is just due to the large number of corporate users and old people. Pretty much no one else uses it.

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