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I also find this annoying, but this is due to websites ignoring the browser preferences. The browser supports specifying multiple languages and the website cou
by 1718627440 1y ago
I also find this annoying, but this is due to websites ignoring the browser preferences. The browser supports specifying multiple languages and the website could select the one that the content is native in.
- sedatk 1y agoI don’t think there’s a browser setting that lets you use the locale the web site’s language in, is there?
- 1718627440 1y agoYou set all the language you want with priorities and the webserver knows it's own language and serves you the intersection with the highest priority. Or do I misunderstand your question?
- sedatk 1y agoI mean the locale, not the language. Many web sites are in a single language and target a specific culture. I want that to be respected by the browser for input type=date and other similar elements based on web site’s language, not the other way around. That’s my preference.
- 1718627440 1y agoWhat your browser calls a language, is in fact a locale. You specify en_US, not English. That would be equivalent to no setting a preferred locale or adding all the available locales. <html lang=...
- sedatk 1y agoOkay, I already have preferred languages selected: English and Turkish. If I visit a `<html lang="tr">` page I should see date inputs rendered in Turkish culture right? That's not the case unfortunately. See it for yourself: lang=en-US -> https://kod.ssg.dev/localetest/ https://kod.ssg.dev/localetest/ lang=tr-TR -> https://kod.ssg.dev/localetest/index-tr.html https://kod.ssg.dev/localetest/index-tr.html