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I wonder how many people there are with browsers sending en-US but who want non-English results. The current behavior might make more people happy, at least in
by Buge 10y ago
I wonder how many people there are with browsers sending en-US but who want non-English results.
The current behavior might make more people happy, at least in the short term.
- int_19h 10y agoWell, it's their browser. If it's doing that (requesting en-US rather than OS locale) when it shouldn't, they ought to fix it.
- xtreme 10y agoWhile that would be ideal, from Google's point of view the number of travelers is so small that it might be more sensible to cater to the native users. Also, on average they are less likely to know how to change these settings or that such settings even exist.
- int_19h 10y agoNative users who have their locale set to English often also prefer websites to serve them English, at least until they ask otherwise. And such people most certainly know how to change the setting, or that the setting in question exists. After all, they did change the locale in their OS (or installed an English version of it, instead of the one localized for their market).
- prodmerc 10y agoIf I search in English, why the hell would they display local results? Makes no sense. Used to be you could use Google.com, and later Google.ca or co.uk (because .com started auto-redirecting to your local tld), but not anymore.
- yellowapple 10y agoIs that not controlled by the OS locale settings? Or are non-English-speaking people just using their computers entirely in English?
- Al-Khwarizmi 10y agoI don't think there are many. Typically the browser gets the locale from the OS, and the OS is sold with the locale of the place where it's bought. I don't think I know anyone who has the browser in en-US without their knowledge.
- Noughmad 10y agoAlmost everybody with pirated Windows.