Re: Internationalization: How to bring the locale in line

FROM : zeichensprecher
DATE : Fri Nov 05 21:23:36 2004

Uli,
why don't you just localize your app?

Or why don't you just let your app open the preferences tab with the
number-settings and let the user choose.

I don't think also (like all the others responded to you), that
interfering with common systemwide settings is a good idea.

There are far more options to handle this (by an informal box, written
in the manual, in the online-help, the downloadPage, a window-note, a
"tip of the day" or a hundret thousand other possiblities). Each of
them is better than screwing up conventions instead of informing the
user properly.


regards,
michael

Kommunikations-Designer (FH)



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> In an ideal virtual world, where every application would be localized
> and the GUI language was always my conscious choice, you would
> certainly be right. In the real world, IMHO you are not.
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>             Bye
>                     Uli



Am 05.11.2004 um 14:03 schrieb Clark Cox:
> For another point of view: I am a native English speaker, but I often
> run programs in German or Japanese in order to keep my comprehension
> in those languages sharp. However, I have my number formatting set to
> typical English settings (with minor variations), and my date format
> set to YYYY/MM/DD (i.e. not the norm if America). I want those
> formatting settings to be used, regardless of the language I am
> reading; even when reading German text, I feel more comfortable with
> one thousand being "1,000". I suggesst that whatever you choose to do,
> at least default to honouring the system-wide setting.