Re:Stop Guessing Languages Based on IP Address
by dragosiulian on Sunday April 23, 2017 @03:46AM
(#14177038)
What's most annoying is that local companies make exactly the same mistakes. Digitec, Migros or Galaxus they all default to German. And I use Accept-Language as well. I understand this is a special case and the heuristic works in most cases, but when you're a Swiss company operating in Switzerland the odds are slightly different. Only 63.5% are native German speakers.
But google is by far the worst, since I'm always logged in but switches languages based on IP.
Re:Stop Guessing Languages Based on IP Address
by nift on Sunday April 23, 2017 @03:09AM
(#14176947)
Sorry if this gets too nitpicky according to Google you officially have 4 :)
Re:Stop Guessing Languages Based on IP Address
by OJFord on Sunday April 23, 2017 @04:35AM
(#14177170)
> The four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian and Romansh. All but Romansh maintain equal status as official languages at the national level within the Federal Administration of the Swiss Confederation.
Re:Stop Guessing Languages Based on IP Address
by jwilk on Sunday April 23, 2017 @05:30AM
(#14177343)
Non-mobile version:
Re:Stop Guessing Languages Based on IP Address
by charriu on Sunday April 23, 2017 @03:58AM
(#14177065)
While this is technically true, the fourth one is basically on life support. I wouldn't expect to find software or even many websites using it.
Even when traveling abroad I get the problem since mobile connections are now tunneled to your home country. In France, I get German pages!