On Thu, May 06, 2004 at 12:39:53PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Christian Perrier writes: > > If the user thinks "hey, I am American, thus I choose "English > > (USA)"....bingo..:-) > Right. He thinks he is choosing English as spoken in the USA, not English > as his language and USA as his area. > > However, the mixed choices for very common choices saves users one > > screen. > But does not necessarily make things simpler for them. If you are going to > stick with the present system I think you need to somehow make it clear > that in choosing 'English (USA)' the user is selecting the English language > and the USA area. > Would it be feasible to sort the area choice based on initial language > choice? Put Great Britain, Australia, Canada, and USA at the top of the > list if the user chooses English? We currently do one better: if you choose 'English', you're presented with a list of English-speaking countries with supported locales, with 'Other' at the bottom if you need to pick a country that doesn't have a supported locale. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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