Re: Update To A Different Language

On 22.08.2011 09:47, Axel Hecht wrote:

 --- Original Message ---

> On 22.08.11 14:26, Jay Garcia wrote:
>> I am part of the crew that fields requests, etc. from the Mozilla
>> Contribute Forms. More than once I have been requested to pass along to
>> the devs a request to make it possible, when an update is available, to
>> include a mechanism to switch to another language. For instance, if a
>> user is using the French version and they want to switch to German then
>> there should be some way to simply click on "Update To Another
>> Language?" link maybe to the all.html page where all of the various
>> languages are available.
>>
>> Comments?
> 
> I find it very hard to believe that people come to think "hey, let's
> switch the language" as part of the update progress. I'd have these
> questions:
> * why do you want to switch the language? Bad download? Intended
> download but the quality of language sucked? Want to learn a new
> language and switching your browser is the best way forward? Others?
> * why do you consider software update to be a good time to do that?
> 
> It very much sounds to me like we should rather solve the problem
> they're having than going for the proposed fix.
> 
> Axel

The way the user put it, he wants to use the auto-update function but
wants the resulting download update to be in another language. I
suggested just going to the all.html page, download the OTHER language
and install over the existing one. Seems the best to me. I haven't had a
reply yet, so we'll leave it like that for now.

Thanks, Jay


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