> > On 13 May Tal Daniel wrote: > > I'd like to suggest to replace the "Native Language" link, on > > www.openoffice.org menu to a more visible dropbox. > > > > E.g. Product | Download | ... | "Lanauge: [English ]" > > > > I believe users are more accustomed to select their language from a > select > > box, rather than clicking "native language" (I remember I had a hard > time, > > as a beginner OpenOffice site visitor to understand what does this link > > mean). > > > > This would also allow faster move to a translated version of the site, > for > > people who prefer to read it in their language. > > > > + Another suggestion is to move the suggested dropdown box above the menu > > bar, somewhere near the search box. >
On Tue, May 13 Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: > Andrea can probably correct me here but long ago we did in fact want to > use the drop down menu. The issue, then, if not now, was that the tools > available were thought not generally in use by visitors to the site. > The usual rule of thumb for making things easier for users is to see what > the more popular sites do (that seems to work, of course) and emulate it. > Some examples, to show that a dropdown, or auto redirection ARE common practice nowadays: * Mozilla.com redirects by browser language to http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/and has a dropdown box on the bottom of page (that's surprising), just in case [they were wrong]. * Microsoft.com redirects by IP (country) to http://www.microsoft.com/he-il/default.aspx and has a link "Israel - Hebrew [Earth icon]" on the bottom of the page, just in case [they were wrong]. * Adobe.com stays in English, but opens a popup with an offer to be redirected to a regional website. Oh Marcus, Marcus... where are you when I need your skills the most :) Tal
