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It does contribute something though. One very useful property of flags is that the flag is the same in any language, even if the names for the languages are no
by marginalia_nu 3y ago
It does contribute something though.
One very useful property of flags is that the flag is the same in any language, even if the names for the languages are not.
Having a colorful icon is also helpful if you have problems reading text. Means you don't have to read all the languages' names that are on screen, you can do a coarse visual match by colors and then confirm by only reading the one name.
Modern low contrast monochrome flat UIs are a nightmare for people with reading disabilities and low-grade sight impairment. Speaking from my own experience. A dab of color does so much to help parse a UI. It doesn't have to be the perfect representation or unambiguous. Just give me something to help navigate the UI that isn't just monochrome text possibly with monochrome line-art icons.
- ReleaseCandidat 3y agoOh, yes, that's why I wrote that the language must be written in the native language and additionally contain the translated name. And _every_ long list of text should be searchable (for the native and the translated name). Which Apple's version does.