On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 01:14:11PM -0300, Leandro DUTRA wrote: > 2011/6/19 Lisi <[email protected]>: > > > > Google -> language tools (under "advanced") -> preferences > > Even better, set the system???s or the user account???s language.
Oh, if only it were that simple... Most internationalized websites (including Google) seem to have completely given up on Accept-Language headers[1] in favor of relying on IP geolocation. I'm an American expat living in Sweden, so my browsers are set to send Accept-Language: en-us, en, sv-se Despite this, every time my Google cookie expires, it sends me the Swedish version of the page. Setting language preferences on the client side does *not* work[2] for Google or most other sites. [1] apparently on the theory that "most users don't know how to set their preferred lanuages, so the header specifies the browser's default instead of the user's preference" [2] even though it damn well should -- Dave Sherohman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
