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> but as a default (when the user doesn't express a language preference), I understand your viewpoint, and think it's noble. But you might want to tweak your p
by dalke 11y ago
> but as a default (when the user doesn't express a language preference),
I understand your viewpoint, and think it's noble. But you might want to tweak your parenthetical comment. In practice, I and most others do express a default language preference, which is sent as part of the browser's HTTP request. In my case it's:
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5
which means it's ignoring my preference. And I'm fine with that. Language is a mess. Look at Switzerland, which is labeled with all four official languages, or the three languages of Belgium. Yet South Africa, which has 11 official languages (and 11 official names - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_names_of_South_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_names_of_South_Africa ) is labeled only in English.
- MildlySerious 11y agoBeing the edge case of internet users with a different default language than what my geolocation would result in, I know how frustrating it is to expect one language, and get another one "tailored" to you in order to "improve" user experience. However, in this specific case I agree with the parent commenter. While the preferred language should affect the UI so you can interact with the map, I feel like in this case translating the content right away could take away from the experience and is not necessarily what the language flag should mean. It shouldn't be more than a click away, though.
- dalke 11y agoI'm in immigrant living in country where English is not the native language. :) However, I think you've misinterpreted the OP's comment and my response. The OP likes the choice of native language for geographical names in a given country. You and I agree. The OP parenthetically notes that the reason is because the user has not expressed a language preference. I pointed out that the browser/user-agent actually does give a preference, which the server ignores. It is this parenthetical logic I disagree with, not the result.