On Thursday, 15 October 2009 we wrote…
Thursday, 15 October 2009
Dear Web Developer: Location Is Not Language
Dear Web Developer,
location != language
Location is not language.
There is a field in the HTTP Request header called Accept-Language. Use it.
Oh, and also, if you have a language selection button: put the text in the destination language or mulitple languages NOT the just current one, so those who can't read the current language might have some clue about what it's for! Jeez!
(Written after yet another web site forced a language on me based on my location.)
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