Gallery

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5 [G2] Enable/disable language - ID: 1182481

Last Update: Settings changed ( ckdake )

Details:

Currently, all the languages in the language dropdown
menu are available. In that way, currently more than 20
languages are available (which is great, and I hope it will
be more in the future ;-)). However, so many choices
might be confusing if a site is meant to be for only two
languages (for e.g. a 'local' language and English).
Currenty, the user might also be confronted with a
language that is only translated for a very small part and
therefore has more English than localization. This gives
the visitor a very confusing and amateuristic impression
of the site.

In G1, localizations had to be activated by an
administrator in order to be available. It would be great if
this was also the case with G2. Perhaps in a later
version, it would also be nice to show the percentage
translated (per module) in the language activation page
(like currently available in the 'Localization Status
Report').

Submitted:

Arjen Gideonse ( gidie ) - 2005-04-13 18:55

Priority:

Status:

Open

Resolution:

None

Assigned:

Nobody/Anonymous

Category:

None

Group:

Gallery 2

Visibility:

Public

Comment ( 1 )

Date: 2006-03-06 07:10 Sender: nobody Logged In: NO Fully agree. Here is my thought sent to Codex G1-G2 comparison regarding this feature: --- ... A subtle difference also leaves a big impact on practicality in multi-lingual support. In G1, default installation includes only English. Each additional language module you add will be shown as an additional option in the language drop box. In G2, default installation includes all available languages (at least for "full installation"), so the drop box is always crowded with more than a dozen choices. There is no obvious method to remove any installed language. So if your gallery is designed to support English and Chinese only, your users will have to scroll really hard to switch to the other supported language - and there is no obvious way for a user to determine which languages do you intend to support. Assume the gallery's default language is Chinese, a French user will likely select French as the alternate language. Now the user will see that although all menu items becomes French, all titles and descriptions are still in Chinese. If this user also reads English, he or she could have obtained more information by switching to English, but he or she is unlikely to try English under this circumstance. Even worse, this user may have even ventured English (UK) and still find all titles and descriptions in Chinese. He or she would be even more discouraged to try another language so all the information you prepared for English (US) would be wasted.

Date: 2006-03-06 07:10
Sender: nobody

Logged In: NO

Fully agree. Here is my thought sent to Codex G1-G2
comparison regarding this feature:

---
...
A subtle difference also leaves a big impact on
practicality in multi-lingual support. In G1, default
installation includes only English. Each additional language
module you add will be shown as an additional option in the
language drop box. In G2, default installation includes all
available languages (at least for "full installation"), so
the drop box is always crowded with more than a dozen
choices. There is no obvious method to remove any installed
language. So if your gallery is designed to support English
and Chinese only, your users will have to scroll really hard
to switch to the other supported language - and there is no
obvious way for a user to determine which languages do you
intend to support.

Assume the gallery's default language is Chinese, a
French user will likely select French as the alternate
language. Now the user will see that although all menu items
becomes French, all titles and descriptions are still in
Chinese. If this user also reads English, he or she could
have obtained more information by switching to English, but
he or she is unlikely to try English under this
circumstance. Even worse, this user may have even ventured
English (UK) and still find all titles and descriptions in
Chinese. He or she would be even more discouraged to try
another language so all the information you prepared for
English (US) would be wasted.

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Field	Old Value	Date	By
category_id	deleted	2008-10-24 19:29	ckdake
artifact_group_id	None	2005-04-13 18:58	gidie

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