On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Marcus (OOo) <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> wrote:
> Am 05/17/2014 11:36 PM, schrieb Tal Daniel: > > I've created a page for testing the new language dropdown here: >> http://ooo-site.staging.apache.org/test/templates/ >> brand-template-with-language-select-without-vars.html >> >> Notes: [...] >> >> Please test it a bit, comment here, and if all goes well, I'll move the >> code into the site brand.html template, to affect all sites. >> > > [...] One suggestion: > I think it's better to write also the English name into the selectbox. Of > course, e.g., a Russian guy knows what to choose to see the webpage in > Russian. However for others that need to go there, too, it's a bit > difficult - especially when the character set is different than Latin. > > Also I would add a "Choose a website language" (or similar) as first item. > You can use this as default and fall-back if something is not working. > Maybe with some "-----" to separate from the lang items. Marcus, I prefer not to have redundant information on the select. If by "others that need to go there" you refer to developers, I think they can easily examine the source code: I've added a comment next to each <option>, stating the language in English. The same goes with "choose a website language:". I prefer to show the current language, as a sign that other languages exist. There is also a better chance that people can understand the single word "English" than the longer phrase above, if they are not fluent in English.
