- From: Francois Yergeau <FYergeau@alis.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 12:45:52 -0500
- To: Thierry Sourbier <webmaster@i18ngurus.com>, Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Cc: www-international@w3.org
Thierry Sourbier wrote: > The point is that the browser preference is not totally reliable if it > indicates English but should be reliable if it says Welsh. One point that seems to have been lost is that the browser preferences, although not that reliable as to the real preferences of the user, are very likely to indicate one or more languages that the user can at least deal with. IMHO, that's enough to bypass the language-choice splash page and present the user with the home page in the best matching language. Users who have set their language preferences correctly will be rewarded by getting right to the correct page; others will be no worse off: knowing the language, they will be able to find the language-choice controls in the home page and get to their preferred language, if desired. Only users with empty or incompatible preferences need to be shown the splash page. On the whole, most users are spared the annoyance of a stop at that page and many users get right where they want to be, in their preferred language. -- François Yergeau
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