Firefox language settings incorrect for Aus & NZ users
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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firefox (Ubuntu) |
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Wishlist
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Bug Description
I use a fully updated Dapper Beta.
The languages which are in the list by default in Firefox are en-us and en. For New Zealand they should be (in this order):
en-nz
en-gb
en
en-us
Perhaps the "System -> Administration -> Languages" can be used to prioritise languages etc. to improve the 'one setting, one place' philosophy which Ubuntu is attempting (for example with OOo localisations etc.). Even if the system setting was only used if a profile did not already exist it would be a great start.
Two approaches could be taken to this:
* the user could manually rank variants of 'English' so that I could set (in System -> Administration -> Languages) the above rankings; or
* New Zealand users have the above languages set up for them; or
* a section in the languages could allow the ranking manually *and* they default to the above for New Zealanders.
Obviously I would like to see the same philosophy applied to all languages. One advantage in doing this may be that programs (synaptic?) could install alternative dictionaries etc. if your first choice was missing.
Questions or clarifications, just ask.
Changed in firefox: | |
assignee: | nobody → ijackson |
Changed in firefox: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Needs Info |
description: | updated |
Changed in firefox: | |
assignee: | ijackson → nobody |
Changed in firefox: | |
assignee: | mozillateam → mozilla-bugs |
Changed in firefox: | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
Changed in firefox (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Incomplete |
Hi Aaron,
Have you had a chance to test this with dapper? Reporting such bugs 4-6 weeks before the release is actually more helpful than after, because this is the time when we focus most on fixing these smaller errors. After the release we tend to focus on new features and only critical bugs and security issues are fixed in older versions.
- Henrik