On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 01:56:46PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Dale Amon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And if I'm a german living in america?
Then you'd go to the normal alphabetical listing just as you would have to now, while 99% of the users in that TZ had the right language as one of the first couple choices. > Or, what is the case, a german prefering english? Ditto. Wouldn't be any different. If you have a German dist, you're probably going to have to get English from the alpha listing unless it is chosen as a global first choice. > Timezone and language/keyboard are largely unrelated. Not true. There is quite a high correlation. Between GMT+4 and GMT+8 you will find largely English, Spanish and Portuguese. Other TZ's have similar high correlations. You won't find much Swahili in GMT+12. I don't think anyone is looking for a solution in which the computer knows what you want before you ask - as I understand the discussion it is more a matter of giving a large number of users a choice in a top set of selections and while as small a minority as possible must search an alphabetical list. Nothing will be perfect, but I think a few heuristics applied to early options might come up with a satisficed top selection set.
