Re: HTML Guidelines: Objects, Images, and Applets

At 16:18 03/01/06 -0500, Tex Texin wrote:

>kiosks, internet cafes, anyplace where someone can use an "open" machine
>or a machine that is not their personal machine, has the potential to be
>the wrong locale.

Yes. Kiosk machines usually come with various language buttons
on the first screen. Their built-in browsers should do the right
thing when a language is selected. For internet cafes, libraries,
and so on, it might be a good idea to create a startup page with
a few scripts that can set the configuration (don't know if that's
possible, will try to check, may depend on browser).

Regards,    Martin.


>(Separate from the guidelines discussion:
>There should be a way for a user to set their user agent locale
>independent of O/S etc.
>Perhaps in a style sheet? Then they can override it the same way they
>might override accessibility settings.
>)

What do you mean by 'user agent locale'? Is that the language
of the menu items and error messages, or anything else?

Regards,   Martin.


> > Steve Billings wrote:
> >
> > Suggestions for points to address in the guidelines on Ojects, Images,
> > and Applets:
> >
> >    * How an object (such as an applet) should determine it's runtime
> >      locale. In many (most?) cases, it makes sense to rely on the
> >      default/system locale. Are there cases where that's not
> >      appropriate?
> >    * Are there any known issues with mixing charsets (parent charset
> >      != child charset) when embedding HTML objects?
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> > Steve Billings
> > Global 360
> > Software Globalization Consulting & Training
> > www.global360.com
> > +1 978-266-1604
> >
> >
>
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Received on Wednesday, 8 January 2003 15:25:32 UTC