Make metric/imperial a user setting
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Description
Currently, the metric/imperial option is hard coded in src/script.js. As measurement units can be a personal preference, or a user may have grown up learning one system, but now live in a country which uses another, please consider allowing the user to specify their preference.
Also, en_AU and en_NZ are listed in src/script.js as imperial countries. They most certainly are not and have not been for a long time. Please remove these countries from the imperial list.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in src/script.js by tracing the hard-coded measurement-unit choice and the en_AU/en_NZ entries in the imperial list. Then identify how a user preference can be stored and applied throughout the existing unit selection flow. Done means users can choose metric or imperial, their preference is used, and en_AU and en_NZ are no longer treated as imperial by default.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100