On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:

> > What we don't have now but need desperately:
> > * Support for Logical Hebrew. (possibly with still enabling Visual Heb
> > posts).
>
> What do you mean? Present everything in visual Hebrew?
>
> What will be the language of the site?
>
> English or Hebrew?

english. english. just _allow_ having hebrew content, but don't make all
the interface in hebrew.

> If Hebrew: Visual or logical?

visual, visual. i want to be able to still look at the site with lynx ;)

> Viewing and presenting English is easier (both on the client side and on
> the server side), but yet we are in Israel despite the Intifada, taxes,
> Hebrew, and all ;-)

doesn't mean we have to do it in hebrew. and we also have non-hebrew
speaking people who seem to use the site.

> If Hebrew is chosen as the language then we can try to convert the content
> (at the server side, before presenting it) to visual Hebrew. This is the
> was haayal.co.il, haaratz.co.il and many other sites work. But this
> requires nore work for the programmer, and the result is more problematic
> (line breaks, anybody?), so I believe that this is not the path to take.
>
> I believe that the content of the site should be in logical Hebrew. Even
> if it means that some people hebrew will have trouble reading this site.

oh, please, don't. visual hebrew is here to stay! :)

--
guy

"For world domination - press 1,
 or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy


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