[html] Issue: Allow a page to request a given locale (was bug 16965) marked as i18n

chaals has just labeled an issue for https://github.com/w3c/html as 
"i18n":

== Allow a page to request a given locale (was bug 16965) ==
This issue was originally I18N-ISSUE-97 tracked 
[here](https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=16965). I 
[reviewed](https://github.com/w3c/i18n-activity/issues/122) the text 
submitted there to address this issue and, in our most recent 
teleconference, I18N WG actioned me to re-forward this issue. To save 
clicking around, here is my comment from our github issue:

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So the bugzilla bug was closed as "already fixed" by Travis. He quoted
 this text:

>    Browsers are encouraged to use user interfaces that present 
dates, times, and
>    numbers according to the conventions of either the locale implied
 by the input
>    element’s language or the user’s preferred locale. Using the 
page’s locale will
>    ensure consistency with page-provided data.

I'm not entirely cool with this text and think we should discuss it. 
My criticisms basically are:

1. I would prefer if the text weren't just "encouraging" but normative
 (the original issue). It doesn't have to say "MUST", but it ought to 
say "SHOULD", IMO.
2. The text lists dates, times, and numbers, but these should just be 
exemplery. Other things can be locale affected.
3. There is a missing step linking language and locale. This allows 
both page-provided locale (@lang) or the user's locale.

I would suggest that this text be altered thusly:

>    Browsers SHOULD provide user interfaces that present 
locale-affected formats such as dates, times, and numbers according to
 the conventions of the locale derived from the input element’s 
language attribute. Using the page’s locale will ensure consistency 
with page-provided data.

See https://github.com/w3c/html/issues/473

Received on Thursday, 9 June 2016 15:49:35 UTC