[Theforum] Re: [Admin] Re: langs (was: 17320)
Martin
martin at members.evolt.org
Tue Nov 13 16:13:31 CST 2001
aardvark wrote on 13/11/01 4:50 pm
>> >However, it *is* a better solution than showing a flag, IMHO. Imagine
>> >if English were shown with an American flag. What would the Brits,
>> >Aussies, etc. think? ;)
>>
>> We already do that with the lang setting.
>
>do you mean <html lang="en-us">?
Yup.
>if so, that's not true, that's not a UI element, it accurately
>represents the content of the page...
For your articles yes. Not for mine, though. Or Isaac's.
ooh - another fun related thing: comments...
I'm just imagining a screenreader reading out a set
of comments made by people in the US, Australia and
here, with the appropriate lang set.
Cheers
Martin
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