Re: i18n

Mark Anderson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.windows.devel.netwindows
Message-ID <[email protected]>
i guess what i'm missing is why a client-side solution is preferable
or otherwise attractive.

server-side templating solutions generally support (or at least have
to confront) dynamic content based on user preferences, client device,
site customization, and a variety of other dimensions.
language is just one such customization.

what would be next? javascript-based switching of currency and temperature units?

furthermore, http itself supplies a preference for language in the standard.

i feel the same about pure client-side lang switching as i
do about pure client-side css switching -- a cool hack
perhaps, but not particularly necessary AFAIK.

in any event, one approach would be to use the standard xml:lang attribute,
and on the client exclude any elements (and their children) which possess
an xml:lang attribute and its value differs from the desired one.

-mda


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