* "[Admin at dDH]" <boyd2003@ddh.nl> [2004-10-16 03:54]: > To: Gerfried Fuchs <alfie@ist.org> Please don't send me Ccs, I read this list, in fact I replied to a mail you sent to this list, so.... >> Go to <http://www.gnu.org/>, or any other website that uses content >> negotiation. > > Now that's a website where it's done right! > - Clear link to translations at the top They aren't clear, they are in the same language as the page. So, how do they help people that don't understand the language? > - Plus links to other languages at the bottom Which are worse than ours, as far as I can see. I've gone to <http://www.gnu.org/home.da.html>, and how should I know that Tysk means German? I have no fscking idea... Sorry, those aren't better, in no way. :) > - Only a popup when I click a not supported language, which I can see > beforehand You seem you can? I can't.... > At gnu.org the HTML is: <a href="/home.pt.html">Português</a> > > At debian.org it is: <a rel="alternate" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" > title="Portuguese" href="about.pt.html">Português</a> That lang="" might be the problem... What for is it needed exactly? > So you have to ask yourself what added value the language references in > the HTML brings. I'd say: non in this case. The support is there for purpose and should be used. Just because mozilla does illbehave isn't a good reasoning for not supporting it. I guess you wouldn't be that strong after it if it would be an Internet Explorer bug that you want to have been worked around.... >> So you want us to remove a helpful feature because of some browser >> that doesn't do the sensible thing? Sorry, the thing doesn't work that >> way. > > No, not remove (when it serves a purpose), but find a better solution. If you find a better solution, feel free to raise it. So far you haven't shown one. >> No, it can't. Images are a real handicap for disabled persons, and >> won't work on textmode browsers, which are also quite popular amongst >> our users. > > Good point indeed, in general, not so much on the language pages. Of course, still. > Could be solved by slicing images and alternate text, but that's a bit > over the top :) I am in no way convinced that mozilla wouldn't like to download the font files for the alternate text neither. > I only now looked into the HTML, but I guess leaving out the language > references is the simple way to solve the problem. And that helps in what way? So long, Alfie -- "Die Leude wolln dass was passiert, die Leude wolln dass Bass masiert, die Leude wolln das krass serviert: Die Leude wolln uns!" -- 5 Sterne Deluxe, "Die Leude"
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