- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 17:22:08 +0000 (UTC)
On Thu, 26 Aug 2004, Ave Wrigley wrote: > > > > > > The problem is that even if the list is updated, the UAs aren't. If > > > this had been done from the start, people using IE2 would have > > > ancient country lists, and there would be little that page authors > > > could do about it. > > > > I'd just like to note that both IE and Mozilla do actually contain an > > ISO639 list, for specifying values for Accept-Language. Mozilla also > > contains an ISO3166 list, which, IIRC, is used in concert with the > > ISO639 list. > > Is it feasible to have the UEs update their lists dynamically? The ISO > lists are hosted in a (fairly) reliable place. After all, this sort of > thing is done for referencing standard DTDs in non-standalone XML pages. The net effect of doing this would be to cause the host to be regularly checked by some 600 million users (once Web Forms 2 is widely adopted). I don't think anyone particularly wants to host a site that gets that many hits without some sort of serious compensation! > > > Also, note that vendors typically want to stay WELL away from > > > specifying stuff like this. > > ... which is why you specify it in term of an international standard, > and sidestep the responsibility ;-) That didn't help Microsoft. Window 95's timezone selector used official UN maps, and ended up being effectively shunned by an entire country, if I understand what happened correctly. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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