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: Uli Zappe <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 21:42:10 +0100
Am 05.11.2004 um 21:23 schrieb zeichensprecher:
why don't you just localize your app?
Well, I *do* localize my app, otherwise I wouldn't have to bother with
this.
The problem arises because it's not practical to localize this specific
app in *all* languages that are supported on Mac OS X.
Or why don't you just let your app open the preferences tab with the
number-settings and let the user choose.
Because then she would change her settings for *all* applications. The
point is that they should be changed *only* for apps that are not
available in the preferred language.
I don't think also (like all the others responded to you), that
interfering with common systemwide settings is a good idea.
It is a good idea when the common system-wide settings leave too little
choice (only *one* number and date formatting for all apps, no matter
in what GUI language).
As a user, I find it totally confusing when English-GUI apps honor my
German locale settings apart from metrics and currencies. I consider
this a HI bug. It's just that as a user, I have no way to tell Mac OS X
that I want a different behavior.
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.
I beg to differ. This is something the users of this specific app
shouldn't have to bother with - that would be total overkill in this
case.
Bye
Uli
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