HB Instruments
HB instruments make all kinds of machines and implements that measure things: stopwatches; hydrometers; thermometers, etc.
All precision made to exacting standards so that you know when you read a measurement it is going to be accurate.
Their website is first and foremost a marketing tool to explain their company and products, but contained within their site is a page dedicated to various types of conversion calculators. All of those conversion calculators are fixed-amount to fixed-amount: inches to cm; Celsius to Fahrenheit; all kinds of distances, volumes, areas.
The exception, of course, is the currency calculator. The relationship between currencies is not fixed (normally). They 'float' and change with the vagaries of world trade and local economy.
The layout of the currency conversion tool may take a little explaining. More specifically, it is not laid out in the most logical of manners. In an attempt to maintain uniformity with all the other conversion tools on the page it follows a format that does not make it immediately obvious how best to use the converter.
The top left box is labelled “From:”. This would normally be the name of the box containing the currency you wish to convert from, but in this case it refers to the Amount of source currency you wish to convert.
E.g. If you were trying to convert 100 Czech Krona (CZK) to New Zealand Dollars (NZD) the “From:” box would be where you would enter the value 100.
The “To:” box on the top right, where you might normally expect to choose the currency you wish to convert to should be left blank. The converter will fill this box in with the answer itself.
Under “From:” is a drop-down box that lists the choices of currency that you can convert from. There is a selection of 36 from which to choose. They are not listed alphabetically by country or by three letter country code. The initial 5 or so appear to be listed by popularity; the next 20 or so seem to be clustered around the fringes of Europe and the reminder are the more popular non-Yen Asian currencies.
All currencies are listed with their 3 letter country code.
This drop down box is where you would select Czech Krouna (German spelling) from our example as this box is for selecting the source currency.
Immediately to the right of this box is another drop-down box. It contains the same country currency selections in the same idiosyncratic order as the source currency box. This is where you select the destination currency.
In our example this is where you would select New Zealand Dollar (NZD).
Immediately upon making any selection in this drop down, the top box labelled “To:” and the lower-most box labelled “Result:” both instantly fill with the answer.
The “To:” box fills with a purely numeric result. E.g 7.95000
The “Result:” box states the entire results including all the necessary labels. E.g.
100 Czech Koruna = 7.95000 New Zealand Dollar
Although initially the converter's layout may be a little confusing, it does convert very quickly and without the page reloading.
Rating (out of 5 stars):
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Link: http://www.hbinstruments.com/converters.php#2