On 20/01/2012, at 3:56 PM, Markus Ernst wrote: > Hello > > There are two recent threads on localisation of form fields, one on input > type=date, the other on the Decimal comma in numeric input. Both are about > the question whether the form field value should be displayed according to > the element's language, or rather based on the user's preferred locale. This > looks like a basically interesting question to me; I see use cases for both: > > Use case for using User's preferred locale: > - The user is viewing a website in a foreign language, using his/her own > computer. > > Use case for using the element's language: > - The user is viewing a website in his/her own language, but using a computer > in an internet café in a foreign country (where (s)he might not even be able > to change the language settings of the browser). > > As some formats may be very different, both situations can lead to > misunderstanding of the values displayed in the form, and thus wrong > submissions. It was pointed out, that the comma may be a 1000 or a decimal > separator. Or, dates are arranged differently, e.g. M/D/Y in English, but > D.M.Y in German. > > This makes me think, if UAs could be encouraged to invent some kind of UI for > per-session overriding the localisation settings of both UA and website > content.
I think translation is the word here and accurately identifies the potentially inaccurate process taking place. Thanks, Cameron Jones
