> Ingo Wrote > >your example has this done in a nice way. But there is also > one way how this > >shouldn't be done. www.google.com, when I enter it with a > german version of > >the browser I get redirected to www.google.de, no matter > what. I would call > >that usability. Since in my understanding usability is about > letting the > >user decide. > > It is actually worse than that Google uses IP# to determine location > and switches to national TLD accordingly. I agree it is incredibly > irritating and you really need to dig deep in the site to switch back > you preferences. This is sad for an otherwise fantastic site.
Avoiding the question of whether or not it's good design and believing that it's simply driven by their advertising requirements - if you click on the link on the home page labelled "Google.com [English]", they will set a cookie and you'll never be redirected to google.de again. It's easy but not explained. ________________ Kevin Speicher [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.
