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This website has one of the most minimalist home pages you will probably ever see. However with that said, you will also notice that it serves its purpose admirably. If only all home pages were this good!
The design is minimal and quite basic too, but that is no bad thing. The neat black background doesn’t always work well on websites, but here it is used to great effect, and the white and coloured writing works well too. It definitely tempts you in to find out more.
Take me to the site! How do I get there?
Well the home page is at http://icurrency.net, and as you will see the page with the currency converter on is located at http://icurrency.net/passport/currency/currency.html. You’ll simply need to click on the top option – labelled ‘exchange rates’ on the home page – to get to that page.
What does the site offer?
It updates the exchange rates on a daily basis for seventy different currencies used all around the world. You’ll find out more about how to use the currency converter below, but it is a good one.
You can also subscribe to get access to these exchange rates every day via your mobile if it can access the internet. This takes you to another site to complete that subscription process.
The only other thing the site provides is a little bit of background about the company that provides it. The company is called Rubicon International, and you’ll find a link through to their main site too.
What is their currency converter like?
This converter provides a stripped down and raw currency conversion tool for you to use. And when you look closely you will see there are actually two that you can use – the “Basic Rates” model and the “Expanded Rates” version. This review focuses on the basic rates model as it is the one the majority of people will be most likely to use.
The converter is relatively uncluttered. Frequently they appear on pages that have all kinds of distracting advertising on them, but this one is a pleasant exception. The page layout is incredibly simple. There are two input boxes at the top and then a list of seventeen different currencies and their country, or region. This list also features the country flags and the three letter currency codes for each one.
So let’s take a look at an example. Let’s suppose we wanted to convert €2000 Euro to Brazilian Real. To do this we would start by going to the drop-down box at the top, labelled the Base Currency. Within this box you have seventeen currencies to choose from - the same seventeen currencies which are represented in the table below.
For our example this is where we would choose the Euro, as it is the base currency. Immediately below the Base Currency box is a box called “Exchange Amount”. This is where we need to input the volume of base currency that we want to convert. Stick to figures only when you do this – don’t worry about currency symbols of any kind.
Finally we need to click on the button to the right labelled ‘convert’. This will perform the exchange for us.
The page reloads and the currency table below the input fields will now have been filled with results for each of the seventeen currencies listed. The table consists of six columns. The first three columns are taken up by the country's flag, the country or region's name and the currency name. The fourth column is the international standard three letter currency code. The fifth column contains all the exchange rates for all the listed currencies in the table when compared to the currency selected in the Base Currency box. The default base currency is US dollars.
In our example the exchange rates will be the various currencies versus the Euro expressed as how many Euros one unit of local currency will buy. All the exchange rates are supplied by the Bank of Montreal.
The final column is the converted amount in each local currency. In our example you can see how much €2000 is worth in KHD by looking up the Hong Kong flag and then reading that row all the way to the right to get the converted answer.
The expanded version of this currency converter is exactly the same thing. The only difference is that there is a selection of fifty one currencies in both the drop-down boxes and in the table instead of just seventeen.
Supposing I need some help and advice – can they help me with that?
There are actually no help pages of any kind on this website – we are literally talking about a website with just two or three pages on the entire site here.
With that said though, you should find the currency converter is quite easy to use. There are no step by step instructions included on the site and thanks to the good use of graphic flags and so on, everything is very recognisable and easy to understand.
If you do come across any problems the best bet would be to access the Rubicon website and find some help from there. Although given the fact that we arrived on the site and used the converter several times within minutes of doing so, we don’t think you’ll have any problems!
In conclusion
All in all, the currency converter offered by icurrency.net is a fabulous one with no frills or fancies. Sometimes you need a quick and easy way to work out more than one conversion – and if that fits your situation then this currency converter will definitely fit your needs.
Rating (out of five stars)
We’re giving this site four out of five stars. The converter gets top marks for its versatility and neat design. But obviously if you want any further info on Forex matters or even anything else to do with holidays or exchanging your money to go abroad, you will have to find another source of information.
- 4 Stars
Link: http://icurrency.net/passport/currency/currency.html
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