Re: Some much-needed improvements in JavaScript i18n

This was a fast read of the same links. Not an interpretation, but comments about the current state of support, compared to what we have in CLDR which is broader in scope. Yes there are limitations for some extensions that are explicitly NOT supported, others that are just not described, delayed fo

Re: Some much-needed improvements in JavaScript i18n

I recommend that people interested in the ECMAScript Internationalization API read the actual standard or my introduction to it, and don't rely on Philippe's interpretation. http://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-402/1.0/ http://norbertlindenberg.com/2012/12/ecmascript-internationalization-api/

Re: Some much-needed improvements in JavaScript i18n

Great ! Now we have a formal definition to provide a compatibility javascript framework (which will also allow pluggable locales and extended collations to be supported). Beside the support for numbers and dates formaters (which is not so critical and easily implemented in Javascript, just like th

Some much-needed improvements in JavaScript i18n

I have a new google blog post about the new ECMAScript (JavaScript) internationalization spec. “Until now, it has been very difficult for web application designers to do something as simple as sort names correctly according to the user's language. And it matters: English readers wouldn’t expect År