Thanks for your feedback Sergiu. Note that we have been using flags for l10n.xwiki.org for a very long time, if not from the beginning. We should remove them I guess.
I'll display just the language name for now in the Language search facet. Thanks, Marius On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Sergiu Dumitriu <[email protected]> wrote: > -1, flags should not be used for representing languages. > > http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-link-lang#flags > > http://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/2472/how-to-graphically-represent-a-language > > http://www.enlaso.com/Language_Tech_Center/Articles/Using_Symbols_and_Icons_in_Localization.aspx > > http://www.quora.com/Localization-and-Translation/Is-using-a-simplified-flag-of-Spain-a-neutral-way-to-indicate-Spanish-language-on-my-website > > And many many others. > > On 11/01/2013 03:36 AM, Marius Dumitru Florea wrote: >> Hi devs, >> >> In order to implement http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9512 (display >> the flag icon and the language pretty name instead of the language >> code) I need to bundle a flag icon set in XE. The best option seems to >> be http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/flags/ . They say: >> >> "These flag icons are available for free use for any purpose with no >> requirement for attribution." >> >> So if no one objects I'm going to add the PNG set to >> xwiki-platform-web, in webapp/resources/icons/flags . It weights about >> 130KB. >> >> The alternative is to display only the language pretty name, but it's >> less nicer. >> >> Or maybe you know a better flag icon set. >> >> Thanks, >> Marius > > > -- > Sergiu Dumitriu > http://purl.org/net/sergiu > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
