Hi, > First of all, we have no data on what percentage of users prefer US English > relative to International English.
Yes we do see installer download stats in google analytics it give a reasonably good indication, especially as the sample set is large. You can even get a good approximation from the continent map. > Statistics on where users come for are somewhat of an indication, but only a > partial indication. How many people come from countries where the primary > language is English? I worked that out and think it was 35% or so, but I can check again if you want. Google analytics gives that information. > If English is a secondary language in the country all bets are off. (I’m in > Israel, and my primary language is US English.) I would say not. The British empire covered a lot of the world at one point and left it mark on a lot of places. it would be reasonable to assume that most of Europe, Hong Kong, India, parts of Africa that the majority of English used is not of the en_US variety. > But I DO care that whatever it is, it should be consistent. And I'm not suggesting that we be inconsistent. Please see my original suggestion. > Third of all, anyone who speaks English and has a LITTLE exposure to the > international community knows there’s different spellings of words and they > will not see US English as spelling errors. Well in my experience (both professional and otherwise) they do or worse it comes with other cultural connotations, but please let not start discussing that. > If they don’t have that exposure (doubtful if we’re talking about > developers), someone from the US will have the same issues but in reverse, so > changing to IE will not solve a problem. It would only effect 30% of our audience, less than are currently effected now, and we both agree the changes are minor and that a smaller amount of people would have trouble with it. It would however send the positive message that Flex is an international community where what we currently have send the opposite message. Let try and be more inclusive here, it really minimal amount effort (other than perhaps this conversation) for a positive gain. > Lastly, my unscientific impression is that the vast majority of developer > docs on the web are in US English. There’s no reason why Flex should be any > different. They are in English but not always US English, given the US market has traditional been larger (in terms of money) than elsewhere, a lot of stuff is shipped in multiple version of English or en-US first. Thanks, Justin
