The MultiBit HD view is that this is a locale-sensitive presentation issue. As a result we offer a simple configuration panel giving pretty much every possible combination: icon, m+icon,  μ+icon, BTC, mBTC,  μBTC, XBT, mXBT,  μXBT, sat along with settings for leading/trailing symbol, commas, spaces and points. This allows anyone to customise to meet their own needs beyond the offered default. 

We apply the NIST guidelines for representation of SI unit symbols (i.e no conversion to native language, no RTL giving icon+m etc).

Right now MultiBit HD is configured to use m+icon taken from the Font Awesome icon set. However reading earlier posts it seems that μ+icon is more sensible. 

Let us know what you'd like.

Links:
m+icon screenshot: http://imgur.com/a/WCDoG
Font Awesome icon: http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icon/btc/
NIST SI guidelines: http://physics.nist.gov/Pubs/SP811/sec07.html


On 13 March 2014 12:56, Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@bitpay.com> wrote:
Resurrecting this topic.  Bitcoin Wallet moved to mBTC several weeks
ago, which was disappointing -- it sounded like the consensus was
uBTC, and moving to uBTC later --which will happen-- may result in
additional user confusion, thanks to yet another decimal place
transition.



On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Wendell <w@grabhive.com> wrote:
> We're with uBTC too. Been waiting for the signal to do this, let's do it right after the fee system is improved.
>
> -wendell
>
> grabhive.com | twitter.com/hivewallet | gpg: 6C0C9411
>
> On Nov 15, 2013, at 6:03 AM, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
>> Go straight to uBTC. Humans and existing computer systems handle numbers to
>> the left of the decimals just fine (HK Dollars, Yen). The opposite is
>> untrue (QuickBooks really does not like 3+ decimal places).
>



--
Jeff Garzik
Bitcoin core developer and open source evangelist
BitPay, Inc.      https://bitpay.com/

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