Re:Ask HN: Do people care about flags when selecting a site ...
by DavidHogan on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @11:21AM
(#755392)
Hi all,
I've discovered another interesting approach out there - show the user their own flag (via geoip) strictly as a icon indicating that the language can be changed. Next to that goes a menu with all the supported languages listed (in their native character sets). As far as I can tell this solves all the issues I know of:
1. The flag icon provides the user a hint that they can change language
2. Geo politics isn't involved
3. The list of options doesn't get stupidly large
I've discovered another interesting approach out there - show the user their own flag (via geoip) strictly as a icon indicating that the language can be changed. Next to that goes a menu with all the supported languages listed (in their native character sets). As far as I can tell this solves all the issues I know of:
1. The flag icon provides the user a hint that they can change language 2. Geo politics isn't involved 3. The list of options doesn't get stupidly large
Anyone see an issue with this approach?