My site is primarily English but occasionally we get Japanese visitors. Discourse is a powerful tool when it comes to language accessibility, however I’ve seen it happen many times where users don’t know that they can change their language locale. It involves a pretty complex sequence of actions. F…

[image] piffy: anonymous users see the interface in the locale they selected in their browser when you enable set locale from accept language header [image] Variable default interface language for new users feature To allow the locale to be set for anonymous (non-l…

Ok this is 100% what I was hoping for, thank you! Very strange that it’s off by default :thinking:

I think that’s because allow user locale is off by default too.

Which also makes no sense to me. It’s a choice to make the site less usable and accessible to a subset of users for no discerable reason (at least, no discernable reason I can see). If it was on by default there would be no cost to any user that can read the dominant language and also a benefit to …

I think customizing your site is a lot more work when you allow users to choose their locale. When you edit, for example, the welcome message without allowing other locales, you change one text. When you allow other locales, you have to change it for all locales separately, and when you forget that,…

I think your examples are implementation choices that don’t have to be that way. For example, there is a default locale on every instance. If it’s important that every user get the exact same information, then for every piece of text, check if the default language text is overriden. If it is, and th…

Y a-t-il un moyen de recommander la langue locale aux utilisateurs en fonction de leur localisation ?

Soutien

Moin Mai 19, 2024, 3:00 2

voir l’interface dans la langue qu’ils ont sélectionnée dans leur navigateur lorsque vous activez définir la langue à partir de l'en-tête d'acceptation de la langue

Sujet		Réponses	Vues
Variable default interface language for new users Feature	48	9358	Novembre 21, 2023
When user locale is `default`, should use HTTP `accept-language` Feature	5	1381	Septembre 26, 2017
Is there a way to SET default Language based on Browser Settings? Support	3	3146	Juillet 23, 2020
Multilingual sites: ask for preferred language at registration Feature pr-welcome , multi-lingual , translation	21	6735	Mars 23, 2025
Changing language for non registered user Support	9	1287	Juin 6, 2024

Y a-t-il un moyen de recommander la langue locale aux utilisateurs en fonction de leur localisation ?

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