Manual language selection is what I meant by not recommending using cgi variables or geographic lookup as the sole determination of language... i.e. good to use it on the first hit, but store it in a persistent variable and give the user a way to change it.
Original Message ----------------------- >Finally, I would recommend against using any cgi variables or geographic > lookup data as the sole determination of language. i take exception to that sentence--i don't think any multilingual site keeps re-determining a users langauge on each & every visit. and transparently trying to sniff a user's language is the basis for good practice. > Isn't that what I just said? ... (except that I did neglect to mention printing the name of the language in that language... Asian languages obviously require non-latin characters to print the language name in the language, but it applies with other languages as well. I know Welsh for instance doesn't look or sound anything like "welsh" when it's printed or said in welsh. ) you also missed the manual language selection but who's counting ;-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
