[dev] getLanguageCharset

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Michael M Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>:

> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>
>> Zitat von Vilius ?umskas <vilius at lnk.lt>:
>>
>>> Sveiki,
>>>
>>> Tuesday, January 4, 2011, 4:21:07 PM, you wrote:
>>>
>>>> We already require the *local* system to support UTF-8 in Horde 4. I'm
>>>> not sure if the world is ready for us to require *remote* systems to
>>>> support UTF-8 too.
>>>
>>> I'm  sure  most  modern email clients will handle UTF-8 well. I cannot
>>> think of one that doesn't.
>>
>> Especially freemailers used to cause a lot of problems. If people  
>> agree that is not a real-life issue anymore, I'm more than happy to  
>> hardcode the sending charset to UTF-8. This would solve a lot of  
>> problems and saves a bunch of conversions.
>
> I would still like there to be a sending_charset preference - just  
> in case there might be some reason an admin/user wants to change.
>
> But this value should default to 'UTF-8', should be an advanced  
> preference, and should be locked by default.  Additionally, I am  
> removing the charset selection widget from the IMP compose screen.   
> It is inconsistent with dimp (which doesn't allow the charset to be  
> set), and is worthless to most users.  The proper (and only) way to  
> change the charset should be through the sending_charset preference.

If it's going to be an advanced pref, there is no need to lock it IMO.

Jan.

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