On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:10 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Comment from the i18n review of: > http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-widgets-20090528/ > > Comment 7 > At http://www.w3.org/International/reviews/0907-widgets-pc/ > Editorial/substantive: E > Tracked by: AP > > Location in reviewed document: > Section 9.1, step 4 > [http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-widgets-20090528/#step-4--locate-and-process-the-digital-s] > > Comment: > In this same step, substep 4 is unnecessary. It does save processing time, > but it is not required for proper operation. Performing the specific change > suggested also has the negative side-effect of altering the user's > preferences ahead of the local configuration. The rightmost occurrence would > be a better choice for elimination. >
The WebApps WG believes that removing the redundant repetitions in a standardized way may avoid interop issues. Having said that, in the latest editors' draft, the rightmost occurrences are removed (as suggested above). Please see for the updated algorithm: http://dev.w3.org/2006/waf/widgets/#step-5--derive-the-user-agents-locale -- Marcos Caceres http://datadriven.com.au
