(DONE) Add ml as an option

[perogi]

Howdy! Me again. This one should be a lot easier

For the Other Ingredients section in the recipe creator, I think it would be a good idea to add "ml" as an option in the amount drop down. My water is quite soft so I need to add lactic acid to get the pH down.

Thanks!
perogi.

 

[LarryBrewer]

Re: Add ml as an option

Understood. It does require extra unit conversion functions, options in the shopping list and inventory, and probably a few other places (oh, BeerXML export), but it makes sense!

 

[perogi]

Re: Add ml as an option

I noticed that if you use the metric system, "L" is an option.

I can imagine that since you implemented the ability to switch from imperial to metric (and back) that adding "mL" might add a level of difficulty to the translation.

So take my idea with a grain of salt. Maybe I will have to learn to measure stuff in kg

Thanks again for reading!
perogi.

EDIT: wow you replied quickly!

 

[LarryBrewer]

Re: Add ml as an option

Thanks, yeah I'm on the computer a lot and I like to keep the inbox clean...

It is good to leave these items open for awhile to let others comment too. There might be a half dozen units that would be helpful, and it makes more sense to knock them out all at once.

 

[perogi]

Re: Add ml as an option

It is good to leave these items open for awhile to let others comment too. There might be a half dozen units that would be helpful, and it makes more sense to knock them out all at once.

Agreed - thank you for considering my request!

 

[Tore]

Re: Add ml as an option

Ml is milliliter, a thousand of a liter. The conversion is really simple, 1/1000 = 0,001L = 1 ml. I don't mean to be an asshole, but feature overload is bad (more stuff to fix, more stuff to go wrong, more stuff to understand as a user).

 

[perogi]

Re: Add ml as an option

Ml is milliliter, a thousand of a liter. The conversion is really simple, 1/1000 = 0,001L = 1 ml. I don't mean to be an asshole, but feature overload is bad (more stuff to fix, more stuff to go wrong, more stuff to understand as a user).

I have to disagree with your assessment - adding a new option for a measurement isn't feature overload - it makes sense when we are measuring items like lactic acid. You are certainly not going to add 1 L of lactic acid to a mash or sparge water.

In addition, using your logic we shouldn't have oz as a measurement because 1 oz is 1/16th of a pound. Or more in tune with the metric system don't have g as an option because it's 1/1000th of a kg.

If the devs think that it would be difficult to implement or maintain, that's definitely a concern and I'm more than happy to remove my request. But thinking that a user is going to get confused because there's L and mL in an option list is a stretch.

Thank you for reading,
perogi.

 

[mrjofus1959]

Re: Add ml as an option

Seems like g/kg and ml/l make perfect sense. Just like oz/lb or oz/gal. Expecting someone to enter 0.0625 lb instead of 1oz wouldn't make sense right? Or how about 0.039 gal instead of 5 oz? Point being if you need to measure ml then that's a better unit than decimal equivalents of liters.

 

[LarryBrewer]

Re: (NEXT RELEASE) Add ml as an option

Next release will get milliliters in the other amount drop down on the recipe editor.

 

[LarryBrewer]

Milliliters are now an option in the drop down in the other ingredients section.