On 20/06/11 18:35, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 01:14:11PM -0300, Leandro DUTRA wrote: >> 2011/6/19 Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com>: >>> >>> Google -> language tools (under "advanced") -> preferences >> >> Even better, set the system???s or the user account???s language. > > Oh, if only it were that simple... Most internationalized websites > (including Google) seem to have completely given up on Accept-Language > headers[1] in favor of relying on IP geolocation. I'm an American expat > living in Sweden, so my browsers are set to send > > Accept-Language: en-us, en, sv-se > > Despite this, every time my Google cookie expires, it sends me the > Swedish version of the page. Setting language preferences on the client > side does *not* work[2] for Google or most other sites. > > > [1] apparently on the theory that "most users don't know how to set > their preferred lanuages, so the header specifies the browser's default > instead of the user's preference" > > [2] even though it damn well should >
Are you sure this is not also Google's geolocation feature? Firefox/Iceweasel => about:config => geo.enabled (double-click to disable) Chrome => spanner_thingie => Options => Under the hood => Location => Do not allow any site to track my physical location You can test here:- http://benwerd.com/lab/geo.php There used to be are Google url that did the same thing (www.google.com/nl or similar) I cant' remember the what it was - and whether it still works. Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dff434f.3010...@gmail.com
