[dev] Sorting, throughout Horde

[Joaquim Homrighausen]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

Hola!

> No idea how you come to that conclusion, language has a *lot* to do with
> locale and OSs are the only products I know off my head allow different
> settings for language and "user locales", how you call it.

IMHO, of course; but we're not talking about computers, OS:s or other 
technical
issues here. We're talking about providing the user (of which most are human
beings) with a way to work that s/he feels familiar and comfortable with.

Let's say I purchase a rolodex system (a bit of an antique these days, I'll
admit) while I'm in the US; it has index cards for A-Z. Now I come back to
Sweden and start adding contact cards to this fabulous system.. I am sure as
h*ll not going to put the people with a surname starting with ÅÄÖ on "A",
"A", and "O". Because I will never find them there. Because I am Swedish.

I don't have a problem with the *technical* motivation as to why this 
is a pain
in the rear, none. But, once again IMHO, a lot of people who have worked with
computers for a long time will more often than not use English-language
environments regardless of their mother tounge (and in many cases 
because there
is no language alternative).

> I would consider a clean patch, but I still see this only being necessary
> for a tiny minority of users.

Any pointers you could offer would of course be of great help.


-Joaquim