Stephen Hahn wrote: > * Calum Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-08-15 00:33]: >> On 14 Aug 2008, at 22:43, michelle olson wrote: >> >>> OK, I'm looking into adding flags, this was a balance between having >>> to >>> scroll down to see it or using a drop-down. Usability test we are >>> organizing in the next couple months will help to get more data on >>> this. >> Nooo... please don't use flags to represent languages. That's a whole >> political minefield you don't want to step into. > > They aren't representing languages. They are representing countries, > viz. "country portals". If the menu is no longer country names, then > that's a problem, in that it's a significant refactoring of the > original approach to alternative site views.
Using flags to represent *countries* or *languages* is a political minefield at best (e.g. see Taiwan / China). In short, I would avoid it. -- Shawn Walker | Solaris Development | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | blogs.sun.com/srw _______________________________________________ website-discuss mailing list website-discuss@opensolaris.org
