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clear:right"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110615005706/http://mac.softpedia.com/progClean/BS-Converter-Clean-32043.html"><img src="/web/20110615005706im_/http://www.the-converter.co/images/softpedia_free_award_f.gif" alt="100% FREE award granted by Softpedia"></a><br> <div class="infoTab"> <h5 class="infoHeader">News</h5> <dl class="nav"> <dt>June 2nd, 2011</dt> <dd> Converter 1.0.9 now compatible with Firefox 7.0a1. </dd> <dt>Mar 22nd, 2011</dt> <dd> Celebrating the release of Firefox 4 by giving away 100 free 3-month <a href="/web/20110615005706/http://www.the-converter.co/premium_version.php">Premium licenses</a>. </dd> <dt>Jan 3rd, 2011</dt> <dd> Converter 1.0.9 now compatible with Firefox 4.0. </dd> <dt>Nov 11th, 2010</dt> <dd> Converter 1.0.9 now compatible with Firefox 4.0 beta 7. </dd> <dt>Oct 17th, 2010</dt> <dd> <a href="/web/20110615005706/http://www.the-converter.co/installation.php">Converter 1.0.9</a> was released. This is the first version of the Converter which supports custom units (this is a <a href="/web/20110615005706/http://www.the-converter.co/premium_version.php">Premium</a> feature). For a complete list of features see the <a href="/web/20110615005706/http://www.the-converter.co/features_report.php?v=1.0.9">change log</a>. </dd> <dt>Sep 28th, 2010</dt> <dd> The Converter now has a new home at <br><small><tt>www.the-converter.co</tt></small> (which is where you're reading this). This server is hosted by my own company, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110615005706/http://www.moongate.ro/en/">Moongate</a>.<br> The Converter was previously hosted by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110615005706/http://www.mozdev.org/">mozdev.org</a> ever since the very first Converter release, back in 2004. </dd> </dl> <div class="navFooter"> <a href="all_news.php">Older news</a> </div> </div>  </div>  <h1>About the Converter</h1> <div style="float:right; margin:25px 0px 10px 10px; padding-left:5px"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110615005706/http://downloads.the-converter.co/converter_1.0.9.xpi"> <img src="/web/20110615005706im_/http://www.the-converter.co/images/install.png" alt="Install the Converter"> </a> <div style="position:relative; top:-26px; left:130px; width:110px; text-align:center"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110615005706/http://downloads.the-converter.co/converter_1.0.9.xpi" style="color:white; text-decoration:none">Version 1.0.9</a></div> </div> <p> The Converter is the <i>contextual</i> <b>unit converter</b>, <b>currency converter</b> and <b>timezone converter</b> for Firefox — experience the web with familiar metrics! </p> <p> The Converter is a no-thrills tool. It aims to be <b>intuitive for the average user during casual text reading</b>. You can't specify the precision<sup>[<a href="#foot-1">1</a>]</sup>. You can't tweak the resulting units. You don't get the results in several formats. If you need any of that fancy stuff for scientific purposes you should probably use another tool. </p> <div id="twitter_div"> <h2 class="sidebar-title">Twitter Updates</h2> <ul id="twitter_update_list"><li style="display:none">Just for HTML validation.</li></ul> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110615005706/http://twitter.com/ConverterX" id="twitter-link" style="display:block;text-align:right;">→ follow the Converter on Twitter</a> </div> <h1>How it works</h1> <p> The operation is as simple as possible, and it works in three distinct ways: </p> <dl class="method"> <dt>Single conversion on selection</dt> <dd>Select a piece of text containing a measurement and right click: the converted value will be shown in the resulting pop-up menu.</dd> <dt>Page conversion</dt> <dd>Left-click on the Converter icon in the bottom-right corner: all measurements in the current web page are converted.</dd> <dt>Custom conversions</dt> <dd>Right-click on the Converter icon in the bottom-right corner, and choose "Custom conversion"—this way you can even convert offline measurements!</dd> </dl> <p> <b>Check it out:</b> <a href="/web/20110615005706/http://www.the-converter.co/installation.php">install the Converter</a>, and after restarting the browser select this entire paragraph and right click: <code>0.1 in = 2.54 mm</code> is shown in the popup menu (that's because "0.1 in" is the first dimension encountered in this paragraph). </p> <h1>Features</h1> <p>Here's a comprehensive list of the Converter's main features:</p> <ul class="features"> <li> <b>Large number of units and formats</b>: Take a look at the <a href="/web/20110615005706/http://www.the-converter.co/examples.php">examples page</a> for a quick overview of the formats and units the Converter currently understands. Even more units will be supported in future versions. </li> <li> <b>Small footprint</b>: in spite of the relatively large assortment of units supported by the Converter, the final package is no larger than a few kilobytes. </li> <li> <b>Fast, smart, intuitive operation</b>: Since this tool aims at day-to-day, contextual operation, it performs quite a few tricks to come in handy with as little hassle as possible: <p> <i>The selection doesn't have to be accurate</i> in the single conversion mode, just make sure you include the dimension you want converted, but you can include surrounding text as well: the Converter will identify the first dimension in there and convert it. </p> <p> <i>The results are intuitive</i>. For example the Converter doesn't simply convert metres to feet: 1,000,000 metres are converted to 621 miles. </p> <p> <i>The input format is flexible</i>. Some use the period as decimal separator, others use the comma. The thousands separator is even trickier: not only it can be either, but it's also optional. The Converter makes as many attempts to identify the proper format as possible, and only in really ambiguous situations it defaults to the de facto Internet standard, with period as the decimal separator. </p> <p> <i>The units are flexible</i>. The Converter can identify several notations for the same type of unit: m, meter, meters, metre and metres all identify the same unit and trigger the same conversion. </p> <p> <i>The values can use fractions</i>. Many texts include dimensions as fractions, for instance 1/10 m—the Converter evaluates fractions in the input. </p> <p> <i>The wacky Imperial technical format is supported</i>. Yes, 1'10-3/16" is properly converted. Take a look at the <a href="/web/20110615005706/http://www.the-converter.co/examples.php">examples page</a> for all the supported formats. </p> <p> <i>You get feedback on what's being converted</i>. With all the code interpreting your input, you may sometimes wonder what is the Converter parsing exactly. Don't worry, the Converter always shows you what it understood from the input before showing you the actual conversion. </p> <p> <i>Ambiguous input is converted to your preferred units</i>. Take <i>15 degrees</i> for instance—are those centigrades or Fahrenheit? The Converter assumes ambiguous units to be the ones you're not familiar with (based on your preferences), and converts them to what you're used to (if they happen to be the ones you are used to then you can use the original, since you can always see the input as well). </p> </li> </ul> <p style="border-top:1px solid grey; padding-top:10px; margin-top:10px"> <div id="foot-1" style="font-size:80%"> [1] You can specify the precision in the <a href="/web/20110615005706/http://www.the-converter.co/premium_version.php">Premium version</a>, starting with Converter 1.0.0. </div> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110615005706js_/http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20110615005706js_/http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/ConverterX.json?callback=twitterCallback2&count=5"></script> </div> </div> <div class="top_level content_end"></div>   <div class="top_level footer"> <table style="width:100%"><tr> <td style="width:33%"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110615005706/http://www.moongate.ro/en/" title="Professional programming services for intranet, Internet applications. 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