Wouldn't that depend on the screen size of the cell phone?
See, there is NO STANDARDS! And some keyboards are more precise than others, and some fingers are clumsy, while others are surgically precise.
That's why we have all sorts of different measuring systems!

LeeD said..
Its all about reality and living in the real world.
You engineers would love to have a universal measuring system.
Guess what? Real world means you have to adjust and adapt!

Us engineers make the world real . We make adjusting and adapting possible. .Of course we would like a universal measuring system , that just makes sense . But don't worry we can work it out , and the answer is not finger clumsiness .
Space cadet mocking engineers .

Mark _australia said..
I suggest real world is - metric easier.

10mm plus 19mm is way easier than 3/8" plus 3/4"

I do like having both sets though. you can use imperial drill bit for a hole to accept a metric bolt so it has a smidge of wiggle

75% is 3/4 but how do you accurately measure 1/3 using metric?

Pi can equal three and one seventh but comes up as a recurring number if you try to use a decimal number. (Pi is not Imperial but the idea that fractions relate better to Imperial measurements is the point)

Drill sizes are interesting because there are at least three systems...Metric, Imperial and Number drills.

I do agree that adding fractions can be harder, but some decimal numbers can be tricky too if you consider the use of thousandths. As such, engineering applications can benefit from both systems.

I went to school in the 1960's so I had to learn both systems. Some of the Imperial measurements have faded into history and are no longer relevant. I like metric but still use the old system for many applications.

segler said..
Volvo, being made in Sweden, continued to use imperial in their cars until the late 70s. I had a 1974 Volvo 245 wagon that was easy t\

They had made some progress with tyres though. 185/70 R 14

MarkSSC said..

Imax1 said..

LeeD said..
Its all about reality and living in the real world.
You engineers would love to have a universal measuring system.
Guess what? Real world means you have to adjust and adapt!

Us engineers make the world real . We make adjusting and adapting possible. .Of course we would like a universal measuring system , that just makes sense . But don't worry we can work it out , and the answer is not finger clumsiness .
Space cadet mocking engineers .

A French aircraft designer, Marcel Dassault, designed his own screw heads. That was his standard so you had to buy his tooling if you wanted to fix those planes. Naturally, the Australian Government bought those aeroplanes (and the special tools as well). Perhaps it is the engineers fault that we have all this complication.

It's a businessman's fault . Engineers measure and fix the confusion.

Also , Pi isn't three and one seventh , it's close but still has recurring numbers. Just like decimal. The English didn't invent their sizing around Pi to nicely sit in at three and one seventh . It's just an ass that it's kind of close.

There is a universal measurement system.
Google's, Simple's.

As long as people try to say fractions is better than decimal , it is my duty to show otherwise .

Imax1 said..
^^^
We have different measuring systems depending on our finger clumsiness ???

wouldn't surprise me, the foot depends on the length of somebody's foot back in time

To me Imperial is old habit and nostalgia.
If I go accurate I have to be decimal .
on the other hand I'll say move forward a foot or two , I relate to knots more easily than km. A bees dick is slightly less tham a smidge but more than fark all. When I look down in the shower I see inches not cm

I'm so glad nobody's mentioned gauge system . What knuckle invented that . That's dumb in reverse . In what world is a 12 gauge shot gun cartridge bigger than a 20 gauge ?
Stop me.

Old cannon language , so it was a drunken one eyed pirate with scurvy that came up with that ?

Sometimes I wonder if the US maintains the imperial system to subjugate the less educated.

remery said..
Sometimes I wonder if the US maintains the imperial system to subjugate the less educated.

The metric system works for those who can use a base 10 system. It is short sighted to say that such a system is the best for all applications.

The metric system is not perfect. The basic unit of mass is called a kilogram and has to be teamed up with plain old metres and seconds in calculations. (F=ma and all that). If you match kilograms up with kilometres and kiloseconds you'll be way out. ( 1 kilosecond = 16.666667 minutes )