On 9/1/10 5:17 AM, Peter Lebbing wrote: >> I just got my new crypto-stick, and it's pretty slick. I understand why >> I'd want to set my name and language preferences, but I was trying to >> come up with a good scenario where my sex would be useful, or what the >> rational was for including that field. > > My guess is it is to address the user correctly in dialogs, in some languages. > The sex of the person addressed might determine the grammatical gender of > words > used in dialogs. I've forgotten which languages have this feature, but I'm > pretty sure there are such languages. > > Peter. >
Yeah, that makes perfect sense. I think I did know that somewhere in the back of my head. But I found some smartcard spec doc that indicated the UI is allowed to grab this value and adjust the interface accordingly. And I was just thinking, "What's the UI supposed to do? Show hello-kitty and unicorns if it's a woman, and monster trucks and cyborg ninjas if it's a guy?" Thanks. -- Grant "I am gravely disappointed. Again you have made me unleash my dogs of war."
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