Add physics unit conversion to app search

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Add physics unit conversion to app search #2832

Open TFackler opened 2 months ago

TFackler commented 2 months ago

We have gotten several reports about users wanting unit conversion to be added to Niagara Launcher's calculator, which is built into the app search. For example to easily convert 100 lbs to kg.

We would like to hear our users' opinions on this. Both ideas of what the search query would have to look like to access this functionality and some example use cases would be very helpful.

Plazzmex commented 2 months ago

+++ for this. I was using it a lot with sesame and now that sesame is being removed would love to see it integrated into Niagara itself.

SoappGuy commented 2 months ago

That would be great! I would also like to see currency conversion. Many converters/calculators do not have this feature. So far, I have to stick with an ugly and ad-saturated converter 😔.

TFackler commented 2 months ago

@Plazzmex, could you share some examples of how you used Sesame for this? What are some common conversions you made?

I would also like to know what exactly you had to type to activate the conversion.

Same for @SoappGuy, more information about how you'd like it to work and examples would be great.

Plazzmex commented 2 months ago

@Plazzmex, could you share some examples of how you used Sesame for this? What are some common conversions you made?

I would also like to know what exactly you had to type to activate the conversion.

Mostly volumes, weights and lengths. Kilograms to lbs and vice versa. Fl.oz to littres and milliliters. Miles, kilometers, inches to centimeters. But also within the metric system. Liters to milliliters, kgs to grams etc.

For example I write "5 fl.oz to ml" and it shows me 147.868 millilitres.

Edit: Had an idea. Maybe convert to the closest equivalent in the other measurement system without waiting for the confirmation to what values to convert? If taking my example above, when I write "5 fl.oz" instantly show the convert to ml, and only if I add "to liters" then change the conversion to the requested type.

SoappGuy commented 2 months ago

@Plazzmex, could you share some examples of how you used Sesame for this? What are some common conversions you made?

I would also like to know what exactly you had to type to activate the conversion.

Same for @SoappGuy, more information about how you'd like it to work and examples would be great.

I have similar thing on my Linux PC, so I will just pin few screenshots.

Or even more complicated stuff:

flexagoon commented 1 month ago

Here's a great example of a thing that does this:

https://github.com/sharkdp/numbat