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>It's difficult for me to take someone seriously when they're making statements about internationalization not requiring any additional resources. I don't thin
by cco 8y ago
>It's difficult for me to take someone seriously when they're making statements about internationalization not requiring any additional resources.
I don't think is the intended meaning of the quote. Based on the rest of his response it sounds like he's saying, "Non-English speaking customers matter just as much to us and as an organization the default should be 'support i18n from the start'." If your default is "we must support languages other than English" then it isn't really "extra work", it is just core functionality.
- hartator 8y agoNot sure why something can’t be extra work and a core feature at the same time. Security, privacy, or accessibility are also core features for some startups but they add more work. Hell actually an accessible website is easy for Google translate to automacily translate, you might avoid doing i18n yourself completely if you have limited resources.
- cco 8y ago>Not sure why something can’t be extra work and a core feature at the same time. This person is the chair of the internationalization team at W3C, their phrasing is intentionally trying to shift the perception from "extra work" to "default work". Yes, it is more work if you ignore it but the person is trying to change that perception because inside organizations "extra work" is what you cut to make a deadline.