[horde] Language selection on the login screen

[Vilius Šumskas]

> > Zitat von Gunnar Wrobel <wrobel at horde.org>:
> >
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >> Yesterday a few of the devs discussed the language selection on the
> >> login screen. The bottom line was that this selection only takes
> >> effect if the user did not set the language in the preferences.
> >>
> >> I also received a short tweet by someone wondering about the
> >> language selection on demo.horde.org. He selected "English" and got
> >> French text.
> >>
> >> Now I thought that it makes sense to lock the "language" preference
> >> on demo.horde.org so that the login selection always holds. But
> >> when I do that the language selection is no longer displayed on the
> >> login screen.
> >>
> >> Is there another workaround?
> >
> > Beside resetting the pref on the demo server from time to time, no.
> >
> >> And usability-wise I still wonder if it makes any sense to
> >> prominently place a language selection on the first screen the user
> >> sees if this has no effect whatsoever in case the user set his
> >> language preference. Wouldn't it make more sense to offer the
> >> language selection as a login task in case it has not been set yet?
> >
> > I don't think that makes sense, because for most people the default
> > selection on the login screen is just fine, and adding another step
> > during login is rather annoying. This is only a problem if several
> > users with different languages share the same account. Which should
> > not happen in any real world scenario but demo servers.
> 
> What about something like what the view mode selection does? Provide a
> Default/Automatic choice for the language that would cause the user
> preference to be enforced. If the user does not have a pref set, use a
> admin-defined default and show the user a notification that we have
> choosen a language since no pref was set. Selecting a language
> explicitly on the login screen would overide the user's pref.
> 
> I understand the reasoning for the way it currently operates, but it
> *did* take me by surprise when I selected Deutsch and got english text
> - my first thought was that language selection was broken. I'm a dev,
> so I imagine a typical user could be just as, if not more, confused by
> this.

I personally don't see a problem with the language selection. My various users does not have one either.

As Jan pointed out, the confusion could only happen if two users share the same account. Which should not be allowed in the first place.

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  Vilius