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URLs aren't a big deal. Most people bookmark anyway, they don't type them in. I mean are we going to complain about the character set for domain names next?
by downer 19y ago
URLs aren't a big deal. Most people bookmark anyway, they don't type them in. I mean are we going to complain about the character set for domain names next?
I surf sites that are natively in other languages and seeing words in URLs that aren't in English doesn't bother me. It reminds me the world is a big place :)
> Every string displayed in your site (aside from the user created stuff) now becomes a bundle of strings, one for each language.
That's good practice anyway, from the standpoint of being able to make changes without touching the code.
> Hassle.
Web development is a hassle in the first place. But being able to handle other languages isn't any more complex than separating presentation from code.
- herdrick 19y agoI'm not sure what you're talking about with URLs. I was talking about the implications of implementing this in different ways and saying that there's no easy way.
- downer 19y agoRe: "Also, how are you going to organize the different versions of your site? Will you just use the same URL for each page"
- herdrick 19y agoIt's not the unicode. That's easy. It's "how are you going to separate the English, French, Hindi, etc. versions, from each other?" Will you have different URLs or the same URLs with a global preference, or something else?