On 04/05/2008 07:37 PM, Manfred J. Krause wrote:
> Hi *,
>
> On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote:
>> On 05/04/2008 06:23, MTCBOASE wrote:
>> > [...]
>> > I live in Hong Kong.
>> > I have tried to down-load the most recent up-date, but it seems
>> > it is only in Chinese characters, which I, like many in Hong Kong,
>> > do not read.
>> > English is an official language here.
>> > Can you make it available for down load in Hong Kong in English please?
>> > [...]
>> >
>> I'm a little confused. If you go to www.openoffice.org and click the
>> Download tab a page opens with a big green button near the top. If you
>> click on that you should get the US English version. Does that not
>> happen in Hong Kong?
>
> E.g., in Germany I get ->
>
> "Start downloading OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 for Windows in German"
>
> The 'big green button near the top' seems to read IP and OS
> (like a stupid 'big green brother') ;-)
>
> Manfred
>
Yes. The it uses download.js javascript that triggers the language links
based on the browser's character ISO character set & browser OS.
With JavaScript turned off it reads:
====
Download OpenOffice.org
You need Javascript enabled to take full advantage of this download
section for various mirror sites. You don't seem to have it enabled.
Please use our get more platforms and languages.
====
With JS turned on it reads (based on my browser char set & header):
====
Download OpenOffice.org
Click to start downloading OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 for Linux, (US English
version)
Get more platforms and languages, order CD-ROM or P2P downloads
====
The OP's (mtcboase) browser was using the Chinese Big 5 character set:
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="big5"
so that is the language that the JavaScript presented.
I can see the advantage of this JS as it will help non-english speaking
users. That said, perhaps the button should show the "Please use our get
more platforms and languages" in both the detected language *and* english.
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