Re: Internationalization: How to bring the locale in line
Re: Internationalization: How to bring the locale in line
- Subject: Re: Internationalization: How to bring the locale in line
- From: zeichensprecher <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 21:23:36 +0100
Uli,
why don't you just localize your app?
Or why don't you just let your app open the preferences tab with the
number-settings and let the user choose.
I don't think also (like all the others responded to you), that
interfering with common systemwide settings is a good idea.
There are far more options to handle this (by an informal box, written
in the manual, in the online-help, the downloadPage, a window-note, a
"tip of the day" or a hundret thousand other possiblities). Each of
them is better than screwing up conventions instead of informing the
user properly.
regards,
michael
Kommunikations-Designer (FH)
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In an ideal virtual world, where every application would be localized
and the GUI language was always my conscious choice, you would
certainly be right. In the real world, IMHO you are not.
Bye
Uli
Am 05.11.2004 um 14:03 schrieb Clark Cox:
For another point of view: I am a native English speaker, but I often
run programs in German or Japanese in order to keep my comprehension
in those languages sharp. However, I have my number formatting set to
typical English settings (with minor variations), and my date format
set to YYYY/MM/DD (i.e. not the norm if America). I want those
formatting settings to be used, regardless of the language I am
reading; even when reading German text, I feel more comfortable with
one thousand being "1,000". I suggesst that whatever you choose to do,
at least default to honouring the system-wide setting.
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