ATTENTION GOOGLE CODE MONKEYS:
You might think you are SOOOOO smart to do IP Geolocating and then using the language associated with that language. BUT HAVE YOU EVER STOPPED TO THINK THAT MAYBE NOT EVERYONE WHO USES THAT IP IS ACTUALLY IN THAT COUNTRY? I'm not using onion routers or other means to skirt through multiple countries. I'm using a satellite connection in Africa which joins the rest of the net in Israel. I don't speak Hebrew and I sure as heck can't read it. There MUST be an easy way available at the top of all google related pages to switch languages. Better yet, why not use some of that fancy language translation software to detect the language used on the page and use THAT as your clue instead of the IP address which you SHOULD KNOW CAN BE EASILY MANIPULATED! If the blog is in Hebrew, fine, great, use Hebrew everywhere, but my blog has ZERO HEBREW! Just ENGLISH! Just about everyone who uses the internet knows enough English to navigate - make THAT your default language.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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Wow... you really don't know how much you miss a good Dan Rant until you read one and you realize just how long it's been.
So, I'm in pre-labor. Looks like I get to have a daughter sometime in the next 24 hours (or so).
Kim
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