[Zope] Re[2]: [Zope] Multilingual sites

[Jochen Haeberle]

At 8:52 Uhr +0200 8-5-00, Geir BÊkholt Hansen wrote:
...
>CL> why not using the Browser feature to select the right language. Is is
>CL> implemented e.g. through the apache web server, IMHO the mechanism is
>CL> called content negotiation, but I'm not sure.
>
>CL> It would be nice, if Zope would support this feature from the main
>CL> source.
>
>CL> Bye
>CL>   Christian
>
>This would be an easy thing to do, using 
>REQUEST.HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE, but we prefer to leave
>our users in control, letting them choose their language themselves
>independent of browser localization. Here in scandinavia, a
>lot of people use US/english OS and browsers, partly
>because they're used to it, partly because you'll get
>upgrades a bit quicker..

But the language setting is still a user choice. It is set in the
Preferneces of your browser. I think it is the best way for a choice
of the server, but I still offer the user information that this was
done and a language choice, so they can switch to the language they
preffer for that site.

>--
>Geir Bækholt Hansen
>web-developer/designer
>geirh@funcom.com
>http://www.funcom.com

Jochen