I do agree on this with Sascha, we do need to take the newbies in consideration a lot.
If someone of you still remembers the mail i have sent a few days ago on porting the error reporting to multiple language. IMO - this is better than dumping 500 error page onto the screen when simply forgot a semicolon at the end. -- Maxim Maletsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 21:10:19 +0100 (CET) Sascha Schumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If this thread was about error messages of a C compiler, I > would agree that users can be expected to understand English. > That is a completely different level you are dealing with then. > However, PHP needs to take beginners into account. > > Simply assuming that everyone must understand English > is arrogant. > > PHP is used by people around the world; it is used by many as > first computer language who just started out to conquer a new > area of knowledge. They do not necessarily speak English > adequatly or are able to make sense of technical English > terms. > > This issue came up years ago with a certain operating system. > If localized error messages are provided, they must be > presented together with a unique message id. That unique > token enables people who speak a different language to > interprete the error code/message and provide support/answers > as necessary. > > - Sascha > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
