Convert Suggestions

This page displays an up-to-date listing of suggestions to Convert that users and myself have submitted. This is the page to see what's coming in future versions of Convert.

If you have a suggestion for future versions of Convert, send me an e-mail.

If a suggestion has been implemented, the version in which it was implemented in appears after it in red.

Missing Units

  • add inches of water to pressure category.
  • add meters/second² to acceleration category.
  • add furlongs/fortnight to velocity category
  • add angstrom to distance category.
  • add nanometers to distance category.
  • add slug and newtons to mass category.
  • add points, picas conversions.
  • add inches of water to pressure category.
  • add radiological conversions.
  • add mil to angle category.
  • add us survey feet to distance category.
  • add leagues to distance category.
  • add milli, micro, nano, kilo, mega, and giga to all applicable distance units.
  • add kitchen conversions category (e.g. teaspoons, tablespoons, etc).

Interface Improvements

  • Add unit abbreviations (eg. kilogram (kg)). In progress
  • Create a Windows CE version. In progress
  • Add the ability to have multiple custom conversions for each unit entered.
  • Show available output units based on which input unit is selected.
  • Increase the number of possible custom conversions.
  • Create an optional, add-on DLL to handle specific, non-standard conversions (e.g. roman numerals, drill bits, decimal to percentages , etc.).
  • Create Mac OS X version.

Completed

  • Add torque category. v4.08
  • Add computer related conversions category (e.g. bytes, kilobytes, megabytes, etc.). v4.08
  • Add rankine to temperature category. v4.07
  • Add minims, drops & drams to volume category. v4.06
  • Add the ability for Convert to "remember" the last units selected and value entered for each tab. v4.04
  • Add pint (uk) to volume category. v4.04
  • Add energy category. v4.04
  • Fix display problem when large fonts are set.  v4.02
  • Fahrenheit to kelvin conversion not working.  v4.02
  • Add option to turn off the hand graphic.  v4.01
  • Add hectometer conversions to distance category.  v4.01
  • Add cubic yards to volume category.  v4.01
  • Add option to turn off scientific notation and show output as a floating-point double. v4.01