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> If I am authoring a Norwegian web site, the date format must be Norwegian, regardless of the user's preferred locale. If I understand you correctly, this is
by ptero 9y ago
> If I am authoring a Norwegian web site, the date format must be Norwegian, regardless of the user's preferred locale.
If I understand you correctly, this is something I strongly disagree with. Many people are bilingual if not more, so when I have two tabs from different sites I prefer the dates to be consistent. At least on my Linux machine I want those to be driven by my locale settings, which lets me choose UK English, US English or 50 other conventions if I so desire.
I routinely run terminals with different locales set on the same screen and I would like programs started from those not get smart about locale choices but rather do exactly as I ask. Just my poor user 2c.
- maggit 9y agoHm, I think we strongly disagree here. I am bilingual myself, and I strongly prefer each context to be self-consistent. When reading English text I find Norwegian date formatting confusing, and vice versa. I routinely have open tabs in different languages.
- ptero 9y agoWhich is OK (so the user should have a choice :) ). Just my personal experience, but seeing dates as "06/07/20XX" always makes me do a double check (is this next week or in a month?) unless I know that I have everything configured my way, which may be different from the way of site designer.