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Re: localized URLs
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: localized URLs |
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Tue, 28 May 2019 19:59:37 +0200 |
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Akim Demaille wrote:
> However, such support from the web site itself
> is the surest way to be always up to date, even if you are on some old
> distro with a piece of software that was released many years ago.
Indeed.
> If there's really demand, they could also support this "path" of languages.
Support for a preference list of languages is part of the current web standards.
[1]
However, I'm not sure I prefer the web pages that do dynamic guesses based
on the user's designated languages, IP address, and tracked preferences.
URLs that display the same thing for user A as for user B also have advantages.
Bruno
[1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Language