On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > First of all we need to decide how prominent we want this functionality to > be. > I would make it more transparent, since theoretically you should change > your language preference just once (in the Administration, and per user) > and all the pages should be displayed according to that preference. This > is not something that need to be highly visible and that you would change > every day. I do agree for the UI language, I absolutely not seing the content language that way. In particular, collaboration on multilingual project really need to easily change languages and see what is available at a glance. > IMO it's more important to be better displayed when you want to > create a new translation, than when you read one. > For this kind of purpose, I would suggest to have a simplified language management where UI and content language are more tightly linked in view mode, and managed from a single choice using a 1.1 UI > Regarding the flag to represent languages you can read this comment with > additional information about why we wouldn't do it like that > > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-9512?focusedCommentId=77895&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-77895 I know already about that, this is what I mean by fancy. It is not only a matter of being rigorous here but also to provide flexibility, since it depends on purposes. As I said, it should not be standard, but it should be feasible through extensions. Thanks, > > > Thanks, > Caty > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Denis Gervalle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Cathy, > > > > 2.1.1 is the one I prefer, 2.1.2 is also good but the separation between > > language should be more clear, and it is less easy to see the active > one. I > > have no fear about the scaling issue, even heavily multilingual site like > > those of the European Commission use such enumeration without issue. And > as > > Guillaume said, it is really rare to have more than a few languages > anyway. > > Other proposal implies multiple click/touch for the same purpose, which > is > > bad IMO for content. It is also important to only display effectively > > available languages, but with an enum, it could be also good to have the > > option to also display unavailable one greyed, so language keep their > > location on screen. > > > > Regarding the UI language, 1.1 is fine, but maybe a bit large. Having > only > > initial in the bar would be better IMO. Having also a more fancy > solution, > > like what I have done with bluebird (see http://softec.lu), could be > nice > > to have as well... or a easy way to customize it that way with an > > extension. > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi devs, > > > > > > We have http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-10745 (Improve the display > of > > > available languages in Flamingo) which is related to > > > http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-6402 (Separate Interface language > and > > > page language settings) > > > > > > While in Flamingo we could just make the language links look better, > > > without changing the functionality, for the future, the separation is > > > something we might want to tackle, that's why I've created this > proposal > > > page > > > > > > > > > http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/InterfaceAndContentLanguageSeparation > > > > > > I am interested in what you think about the variants. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Caty > > > _______________________________________________ > > > devs mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Denis Gervalle > > SOFTEC sa - CEO > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > -- Denis Gervalle SOFTEC sa - CEO _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
