On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59...@care2.com> wrote: > Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> On 20/06/11 18:35, Dave Sherohman wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 01:14:11PM -0300, Leandro DUTRA wrote: >>>> >>>> 2011/6/19 Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>> Google -> language tools (under "advanced") -> preferences >>>> >>>> Even better, set the system???s or the user account???s language. >>> >>> Oh, if only it were that simple... Most internationalized websites >>> (including Google) seem to have completely given up on Accept-Language >>> headers[1] in favor of relying on IP geolocation. I'm an American expat >>> living in Sweden, so my browsers are set to send >>> >>> Accept-Language: en-us, en, sv-se >>> >>> Despite this, every time my Google cookie expires, it sends me the >>> Swedish version of the page. Setting language preferences on the client >>> side does *not* work[2] for Google or most other sites. >>> >>> >>> [1] apparently on the theory that "most users don't know how to set >>> their preferred lanuages, so the header specifies the browser's default >>> instead of the user's preference" >>> >>> [2] even though it damn well should >>> >> >> Are you sure this is not also Google's geolocation feature? >> Firefox/Iceweasel => about:config => geo.enabled (double-click to disable) >> >> Chrome => spanner_thingie => Options => Under the hood => Location => Do >> not allow any site to track my physical location >> >> You can test here:- >> http://benwerd.com/lab/geo.php >> >> There used to be are Google url that did the same thing >> (www.google.com/nl or similar) I cant' remember the what it was - and >> whether it still works. >> > > Good clues. But google search still shows up in Spanish :-( >
Not a technical solution, but what happens if you use scroogle? -- Regards, Freeman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/BANLkTi=Sbg26yfWbrdnWv=rjd47-hag...@mail.gmail.com