Comments on: Sharing my thoughts in multiple languages http://paulbakaus.com/2008/08/31/sharing-my-thoughts-in-multiple-languages/ The personal blog of Paul Bakaus Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:47:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha hourly 1 By: Paul http://paulbakaus.com/2008/08/31/sharing-my-thoughts-in-multiple-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Paul Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:36:49 +0000 http://paulbakaus.com/?p=44#comment-142 Hi there, I have to agree with you - I was worried when my english posts didn't show up on the iPhone, because it only has the "de" locale, and Firefox for me has "de+en". I'll try to work on a solution asap. Thanks, Paul Hi there,
I have to agree with you – I was worried when my english posts didn’t show up on the iPhone, because it only has the “de” locale, and Firefox for me has “de+en”. I’ll try to work on a solution asap.

Thanks,
Paul

]]> By: hanselbansel http://paulbakaus.com/2008/08/31/sharing-my-thoughts-in-multiple-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-141 hanselbansel Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:37:53 +0000 http://paulbakaus.com/?p=44#comment-141 on the on hand side its great that you take the effort and translate your posts to other languages, but on the other hand side your way of judging the language the user has to deal with is a bit strict, just because the browser locale is set to a certain language doesn't make it the preferred language. give the user the choice. (btw. even when I tamper your URLs to language=de it falls back to en ... i'd like to quote "pointed ears" -> http://bytes.com/groups/javascript/151966-default-locale#post575128 "[...] You never know if it is a French user working with a German browser locale using a keyboard with Italian layout in Switzerland. Ask users about the interface language they desire (by text link, not by flags) and you'll be correct always [...]" on the on hand side its great that you take the effort and translate your posts to other languages, but on the other hand side your way of judging the language the user has to deal with is a bit strict, just because the browser locale is set to a certain language doesn’t make it the preferred language. give the user the choice. (btw. even when I tamper your URLs to language=de it falls back to en …

i’d like to quote “pointed ears” -> http://bytes.com/groups/javascript/151966-default-locale#post575128
“[...] You never know if it is a French user working with a German browser locale using a keyboard with Italian layout in Switzerland. Ask users about the interface language they desire (by text link, not by flags) and you’ll be correct always [...]“

]]> By: Muhammad Hussein Fattahizadeh http://paulbakaus.com/2008/08/31/sharing-my-thoughts-in-multiple-languages/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Muhammad Hussein Fattahizadeh Wed, 10 Sep 2008 23:53:28 +0000 http://paulbakaus.com/?p=44#comment-109 hails... i hop have great time. i enjoy your works such as the symphony. just a comment for you do in your programs the special options for the Right to Left languages. Persian, Hebrew, Arabic ... thanks and good luck much more ... :D hails…
i hop have great time.
i enjoy your works such as the symphony.

just a comment for you do in your programs the special options for the Right to Left languages.
Persian, Hebrew, Arabic …

thanks and good luck much more … :D

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