Re: Processed: ipv6 release goal
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 08:55:09PM +0800, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Hendrik Sattler
> <post@hendrik-sattler.de> wrote:
>
> > BTW: How can I force that page to _not_ use the "preferred language" of the
> > browser? Having to change that in the firefox/iceweasel settings every time
> > is a bit... weird.
>
> That is a feature, not a bug. Why is your preferred language set
> incorrectly in the first place? Unfortunately respecting the
> Accept-Language HTTP header is less and less common for web
> applications these days, mapping IP addresses to languages through
> GeoIP is more common and extremely annoying.
There is one annoying misfeature of content negotiation, though. If you
follow one of the language links at the bottom of the, say, english page, and
then follow a link within the translated page, you are back to english.
Mike
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