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It's really odd sometimes how much they focus on disability features, while also completely ignoring localization in entire countries.
by slver 5y ago
It's really odd sometimes how much they focus on disability features, while also completely ignoring localization in entire countries.
- saagarjha 5y agoMy guess is that they aren’t comfortable shipping any localization unless they can make it perfect, and they don’t have that yet.
- slver 5y agoWhat kind of a nonsense reason is this. If they actually did the work it'd be just as good as any other locale they do support. Why can Microsoft and Google offer excellent localization virtually everywhere, and Apple can't? Apple too poor, can't hire enough people? No. So what is it?
- rsfinn 5y ago1) I wonder if it's a cost-benefit analysis regarding relative market sizes? 2) I'm genuinely curious which countries you perceive as having been "ignored" -- I find 39 different .lproj folders in the /System/Library/CoreServices/Resources folder. (Of course that's on macOS and not the iPhone.)
- slver 5y agoCounting .lproj files tells you nothing. I technically have a keyboard layout for my country (although it supports no autocomplete or swipe). No translated UI, no dictation, no Siri, no nothing. But I'm sure that keyboard layout gets me an .lproj file.