Hello,
At Wednesday 29 December 2010 22:10:53 DaB. wrote:
the problem is, that one wants to give consistent
links to others. When
you're not able to give a link, which points to the same page (in the
same language), thats not very user friendly I think. Of course the
header field should be used when
toolserver.org or
www.toolserver.org is
the host and may redirect to
en.toolserver.org or
de.toolserver.org
regarding to the language preferences.
yes, that's the problem, but the way arround. If I give a link like
http://en.toolserver.org/~auser/atool.php to another user the GUI will be in
english – no matter if the user speaks english, his accept-header is english
or anything.
Also the way to specify the language in a third-level-domain is VERY uncommon
(wikipedia does it and a few hardware-sellers like IBM or dell) – the users
are accustomed to change the first-level-domain (google.de for german google,
google.fr for french google, google.it for italian etc. pp.).
Another point: I'm sure 99% of internet users don't know about this
browser setting and of the rest a high percentage will not be able to
change it. You know it, I know it, but my mother don't know.
sure, and what is the first thing you do after you installed a browser for a
non-interrested user like your mother? You install a language pack, so the
browser's GUI is for example in german – and that also (at least in firefox)
sets the accept-header correct.
Using this field gives you a a good standard language, but language
switching is necessary too.
You still can use a parameter for that, if you really like.
Sincerly,
DaB.
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