Re: Language feature

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This is rather sad.  At very best, it shows an unfortunate misunderstanding of 
Ringlink's goals, or a lack of appreciation for their value and significance.  
At worst, it demonstrates a level of ethnic intolerance, even prejudice that is 
reprehensible and inexcusable in cyberspace.  Thanks for assuming the best 
Gunnar.
I will be internationalising the Ringlink Host's Webring as soon as I am able, 
and I will be pleased to add each new translation as it becomes available.  
Yours,
Dave
http://ringlink.curio.org/
http://ringlink.curio.org/host/
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Gunnar Hjalmarsson
To: list@ringlink.org
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 9:37 PM
Subject: [ringlinklist] Language feature
> There are a few remarks on the language feature in support request
> 
>http://sf.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=456830&group_id=15568&atid=215568
> and since I believe they might be of common interest, I post a couple of
> comments here.
> 
> First, there seems to be some confusion about how the language feature
> works. It's described in section 2. at
> http://sf.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=5971&group_id=15568, for
> instance.
> 
> So, when *navigating* a ring, the displayed language is determined by
> the preferred language setting in the viewer's browser. The user who
> submitted the request seems not to appreciate that:
> 
> > My ring is international and I'd like to keep the english results
> > pages all the time.
> 
> That statement is contradictory IMO. A surfer who has a preferred
> language set in the browser, can be expected to *want* information to be
> displayed in that language whenever it's available. Ringlink 2.0 is
> multilingual, and a multilingual resource leaves the decision, about
> which language to be displayed, to the surfer. In other words, this is
> about the convenience of the surfer, and it's a natural feature in any
> web resource that claims to be international.
> 
> > Can't we just disable multilanguage packs somewhere in the config
> > file?
> 
> If Ringlink has been installed with several language files, there is no
> 'switch' on the ring level to disable the ability to display the browser
> preferred language when navigating a ring. I didn't anticipate that
> need, and I still don't see the need for refusing the surfers the option
> to have the information displayed in their preferred languages.
> 
> But if you want to install a Ringlink system with only one language, it
> can be easily done. Then you simply install it with only one PO file.
> That gives you a one language system for one language rings.
> 
> / Gunnar