Re: Interface language vs content language
Roché Compaan <roche-kb4xc5yObU3kQYj/0HfcvhBnub05S5/[email protected]>
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| Organization | Upfront Systems |
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Thanks for your thoughts. On Tue, 2010-10-05 at 14:30 +0200, Hanno Schlichting wrote: > Hi. > > 2010/10/5 Roché Compaan <[email protected]>: > > What were the design reasons for forcing a single language (both > > interface and content) in LinguaPlone? Do you still think this is good > > idea? > > We actually didn't do that in the beginning. It has cost us countless > frustration from users in various projects to realize that this was > needed. > > Having multiple languages on the same page is highly confusing to > users. It's a much better default to have exactly one language per > page. You also need to make sure that all links from a page only go to > content in the same language or make the language change very clear in > the link itself. > > Of course with all good defaults exceptions exist. We're still trying to determine if Connexions is such an exception. It is very different to a company website in that it has educational resources in many languages. It seems plausible that a multilingual user familiar with the English UI on Connexions might prefer having the UI in English while they are reading modules in another language. There are some instances where a single language site won't work like Google and Amazon. I would be very annoyed if Google don't show me hits in other languages if I perform a search using the English interface. Similarly I want to be able to search for books and reviews in other languages on Amazon even if I use the English interface. Wikipedia adopted a single language policy and it seems to work well. In my estimation Connexions seems closer to a Wikipedia than to a Google or Amazon. -- Roché Compaan Upfront Systems http://www.upfrontsystems.co.za ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Beautiful is writing same markup. Internet Explorer 9 supports standards for HTML5, CSS3, SVG 1.1, ECMAScript5, and DOM L2 & L3. Spend less time writing and rewriting code and more time creating great experiences on the web. Be a part of the beta today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/beautyoftheweb _______________________________________________ Plone-i18n mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plone-i18n