Re: Language Templates revised
Lenin Dominguez <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.os.apple.fink.i18n,gmane.os.apple.fink.core |
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On Sep 3, 2004, at 7:17 AM, David R. Morrison wrote: > > On Aug 31, 2004, at 6:31 PM, David H. wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: RIPEMD160 >> >> So, is this list correct then: >> >> >> Italian >> Swedish >> Dutch >> Norse/Norwegian >> Finnish >> Korean (republic of) >> Danish >> Portuguese >> Russian >> Arabic >> Hebrew >> > > I think this is a great strategy! But I'm a bit concerned about the > impact of having too many "empty" language pages on the site at any > given time. Right now, somebody going to the site will first think > "Wow, look at all those languages" but if they start clicking on the > flags, they quickly find out that we don't have so many. > > Why don't we start with 4 or 5 empty languages, (chosen based on your > access statistics). If we successfully recruit volunteers from those > places, we can expand to the rest of the list. > > -- Dave > I think Dave has a point here. But I think having all those flags makes more people aware of the i18n effort. If anyone clicks a flag without translation what appears is a message inviting the reader to join the effort. That's an excellent strategy, an as good advertising as any. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click