> Again, "anything fancy" here includes something as simple as a localized dialog. In most commercial apps, this means pretty much everything would require "dra

> Again, "anything fancy" here includes something as simple as a localized dialog. In most commercial apps, this means pretty much everything would require "drawing it yourself". My day job is to implement a commercial ERP system that has never been and probably will never be localized. All software I use on a daily basis is English-only, even when localized versions to my native language exist, because: (0) The translations are absolutely horrible. Who in their right mind would think that they are actually “helpful”? (1) Even if the translations weren't horrible, the extra complexity simply isn't worth it. (Admittedly, my tolerance for system complexity is rather low compared to most other users.) So, from my point of view, when you talk about localization, you might as well introduce yourself as a visitor from a parallel universe (where localization is presumably useful).