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Re:Ask HN: What do you listen to when you code? on Tuesday August 18, 2009 @03:32AM (#769970)
http://www.dubstep.fm It's fat and awesome, and rarely are there vocals to distract you.
Re:Ask HN: Do people care about flags when selecting a site language? 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

Anyone see an issue with this approach?

Re:Ask HN: Do people care about flags when selecting a site language? on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @09:53AM (#755184)
Yeah, we could do that, although there are a lot of countries that speak English but people seem to either use the US or UK variant as far as I can tell.

Ask HN: Do people care about flags when selecting a site language?

Posted by DavidHogan on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @09:37AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm working on a site that supports multiple languages, and we are using a flag icon to indicate the current language. The language selection dropdown will have both the flag and the name of the language.I would love to get your opinions on the following questions, as well as any relative experiences you can share.1. Is a US citizen likely to be annoyed if the icon for English is the British...

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Re:Twitter Sued For Patent Infringement by TechRadium Messaging company. on Thursday August 06, 2009 @12:14AM (#744802)
The 'inventions' look pretty obvious to me. I don't see why this business should be protected from having to compete.
Re:A4 vs US Letter on Saturday February 14, 2009 @01:25AM (#480900)
"PC Load Letter"
Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with alienation? on Friday January 16, 2009 @04:02AM (#436354)
If I could send my teen self some advice, it would be to relax and simply persue the topics that interest me. All else will fall into place.

Hope this helps :)

Re:Tell HN: Happy New Year on Thursday January 01, 2009 @12:16AM (#416252)
Happy New Year from Australia!