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I guess its because they didn't translate the article into french. What I also find confusing is that when you change the language, the controls are still in th

I guess its because they didn't translate the article into french. What I also find confusing is that when you change the language, the controls are still in the original language. I can guess what button is for changing the language but still not a great design.

tracker1 4y ago
Yeah... considering there are good browser APIs and most server platforms support language matching, that they could relatively easily deliver language content without specific language endpoints. Not that it's easy, just completely doable if it's a significant concern.
- jiehong 4y ago
  Automatic language matching is a real pain actually. - sometimes the article / product is only available in 1 language and the redirection leads nowhere (I’ve seen it many times) - the language of my phone/computer does not match the one where I live, and even maybe not the language I used to search for that thing in the first place. So yeah, I never like it, especially when you live near the border of multiple countries and websites want to select the language based on location…. It would be nice if language selection was standardised and browsers would just offer a button and a default choice that websites would follow: no need to hunt for the language box on websites.
  - tracker1 4y ago
    I wish language selection in OS and Browser were easier to access... but your browser does send a language header with your request, which generally matches your browser. Location based is and can be a pain. I live in a border state and often get spanish versions of sites... I also follow a couple prominent youtubers who post english and foreign language content, so sometimes get results in those languages, that I don't read. That said, using the default for the browser, and allowing override isn't a bad thing... I usually look for something that looks like a flag in the upper right, for language selection. And the few times I've written multi-language sites/apps that's the UX I prefer to use. I would default to browser/header, I would respond to the change event, and if the user selects a preference, set a cookie and use that first. Again, I do wish it were easier to switch for the browser itself. 1. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Language https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Ac... 2. https://github.com/i18next/i18next-browser-languageDetector/blob/master/src/browserLookups/navigator.js https://github.com/i18next/i18next-browser-languageDetector/... 3. https://github.com/i18next/i18next-browser-languageDetector https://github.com/i18next/i18next-browser-languageDetector 4. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/languagechange_event https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/lang...
  - merlindru 4y ago
    Why don't more people use DeepL or something similar to translate articles?? Unless you're using very specific stylistic devices (is that the right word?) it should work just fine, right?

tracker1 4y ago

Yeah... considering there are good browser APIs and most server platforms support language matching, that they could relatively easily deliver language content without specific language endpoints. Not that it's easy, just completely doable if it's a significant concern.

jiehong 4y ago
Automatic language matching is a real pain actually. - sometimes the article / product is only available in 1 language and the redirection leads nowhere (I’ve seen it many times) - the language of my phone/computer does not match the one where I live, and even maybe not the language I used to search for that thing in the first place. So yeah, I never like it, especially when you live near the border of multiple countries and websites want to select the language based on location…. It would be nice if language selection was standardised and browsers would just offer a button and a default choice that websites would follow: no need to hunt for the language box on websites.
- tracker1 4y ago
  I wish language selection in OS and Browser were easier to access... but your browser does send a language header with your request, which generally matches your browser. Location based is and can be a pain. I live in a border state and often get spanish versions of sites... I also follow a couple prominent youtubers who post english and foreign language content, so sometimes get results in those languages, that I don't read. That said, using the default for the browser, and allowing override isn't a bad thing... I usually look for something that looks like a flag in the upper right, for language selection. And the few times I've written multi-language sites/apps that's the UX I prefer to use. I would default to browser/header, I would respond to the change event, and if the user selects a preference, set a cookie and use that first. Again, I do wish it were easier to switch for the browser itself. 1. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Language https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Ac... 2. https://github.com/i18next/i18next-browser-languageDetector/blob/master/src/browserLookups/navigator.js https://github.com/i18next/i18next-browser-languageDetector/... 3. https://github.com/i18next/i18next-browser-languageDetector https://github.com/i18next/i18next-browser-languageDetector 4. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/languagechange_event https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/lang...
- merlindru 4y ago
  Why don't more people use DeepL or something similar to translate articles?? Unless you're using very specific stylistic devices (is that the right word?) it should work just fine, right?