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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Language selection dialog again
From:       John Knight <anarchist_tomato () herzeleid ! net>
Date:       2001-08-17 9:50:03
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Hmm... it may work. A quick word, you have been changing "dialog" to "dialogue" in our .pos haven't you?

John Knight
en_GB Team Co-ordinator

--- Dwayne Bailey <dwayne@obsidian.co.za>
> wrote:
>A few days ago we bounced ideas about the language selection dialog.  I
>was wondering if we shouldn't do something which is the equivalent of
>hardcoding the available languages so...
>
>The user see a list of all available languages for KDE n.n.n
>Those that are installed are shown full colour
>While those that are not installed but available are shaded
>Root could even be allowed to download and install (maybe?)
>
>I think this would encourage people to play with a translation in their
>language - but also help them to see if their language is supported
>without having to search the web or check for .rpm files.  Perhaps we
>could even expand this to allow the list to be updated so that languages
>can become available after the release date.
>
>My only concern would be that it might encourage laziness as we won't have
>to meet release dates "Oh users will be able to download our work later"
>
>-- 
>Kind regards
>Dwayne Bailey
>
>Obsidian Systems
>dwayne@obsidian.co.za     +27-21-448 9265 (work)
>+27-21-448 9574 (fax)     +27-83-443 7114 (cell)

==
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