@randahl
Would be even better with the sign $ placed AFTER the number (because you don't say "this item costs dollar three" but rather "this item costs three dollars")😉
@randahl Ugh, why the currency before the number 😐
As a software developer, 175 USD (number, then unit).
As someone who's done UI work, omg, it depends, so many local standards. Do you know there are 7 different ways to format a price in euros depending on the country? (At least there were in 2013, now more countries have joined, the number might be higher)
@randahl , the reason I chose USD is that here in NZ it stops overseas companies advertising their stuff often as made in NZ, then charge USD for stuff made in china, etc.
@randahl I'd say that $5 is nicer looking and easier to read... but 5 USD has the advantage of clarifying what dollars we're talking about. (With $5, it's relies on looking for some kind of context which may or may not be obvious.)
also Singapore dollar, and in NZ/Aotearoa - and I regularly interact with folk from all of these countries on here (usually the context shows if its their local currency or USD, though most people from these countries will also clarify this)
@vfrmedia@lukem an additional benefit to the three letter code could be, it is easy to google.
For instance if I write 5 kr, kr can mean all sorts of things, like the country code for South Korea, but if I write 5 DKK, and someone googles it, DKK uniquely identifies Danish kroner.