[webteam] Client translation language indicators

Sander Devrieze s.devrieze at pandora.be
Thu Sep 27 05:57:11 CDT 2007


2007/9/27, Robert Martinez <mail at mray.de>:
> We need to decide how the client page should indicate what translations
> are available for the client.
>
> The current solution is the use of flags.
> The proposed solution is to use ISO codes for languages:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-2_codes
>
>
> Personally I would prefer the flags because of usabilty and the
> "non-verbal" communication,

Country flags and languages simply do not match.

> but I see that using standards here wouldn't be wrong either.
> People that have special interest in how this is solved are welcome to
> participate in the solution :)

If you want usability, I would propose an interface like this:
Translated in <language of web browser>: yes/no
Other languages... <--AJAX collapsed list of all supported languages


<language of web browser> also can be an URL to a page listing all
software in this category that is available in this language.

-- 
Mvg, Sander Devrieze.


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