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If you don't know the language, they are useless either way.... All you need to hear is "take the next right"
by activiation 3y ago
If you don't know the language, they are useless either way.... All you need to hear is "take the next right"
- cratermoon 3y agoYou don't need to know the language to know you're looking for a sign that says "Rue Neuve" or "Nieuwstraat"
- activiation 3y agoYou don't need to know the language if you are following GPS directions either... You don't even need street names
- weikju 3y agoUnless the street or place names are written in a script you can’t read…
- cratermoon 3y agoTrue, but then showing them in the user's first language isn't going to help much, either. At some point the software should say, in effect, "I have no idea what to do. Whatever I'm showing you might be completely wrong, please guide me to do what you want". Instead, it seems to default to confidently showing you whatever its best guess is, even if that leads you into trouble. I guess I've gone off on a tangent a bit.
- weikju 3y agoNo, you are completely right, and I think that's the direction the original question/comment leads to: there is already a known preference (in the browser settings, OS settings, account history) to have a better prediction of what the user wants - and the possibility of adding settings to override/change that if needed! Instead, every site/service/app is just trying to guess, and often enough guesses wrongly.