" ONLY using IP is dangerous." Was the point I was (badly) making.
No matter how many times I tell "the internet" that I'm not in France it still gives me French pages! /stupid user I agree that doing as much for the user as possible is the best technique, but it is important to realise the edge cases involved. Frequent travellers, corporate firewalls, immigrants less accustomed to their adopted tongue. The edge cases start mounting up. Company's sites do not exist in a vacuum. While they stand alone in their own right, they are part of a wider universe of sites a user may visit. Telling each one as you visit them that you aren't who they think you are is a frustrating experience. The way I would prefer to suggest, is for the site to use the language that the user has already set up on the machine they are using. It is set once, and then every site they visit uses that setting, making it much easier and nicer for the user. (Technically, Flash sites can use the Capability class to find the language of the machine the swf is running on. I cannot speak for HTML only sites.) Gk. Gregor Kiddie Senior Developer INPS Tel: 01382 564343 Registered address: The Bread Factory, 1a Broughton Street, London SW8 3QJ Registered Number: 1788577 Registered in the UK Visit our Internet Web site at www.inps.co.uk The information in this internet email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access, copying or re-use of information in it by anyone else is not authorised. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of INPS or any of its affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient please contact [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
