[imp] Re: [dev] IMP: Show localized INBOX-name instead of "INBOX"?

[Eric Rostetter]

Quoting Malte Wedel <ich at malte.de>:

> This seems to depend on the country you are living in (and the law system
> there). I have the auto-up feature on my car window. I know the risk that it
> has and I cannot sue the vendor if I hurt myself while using it.

Wow, cool!  I still think it is bad idea.  And we all know that Americans
are inheriently more stupid and lawsuite happy than other countries, so I
don't expect we'll ever see it here in the US :)

>> People requesting something does not equate to a need, justification, or
>> rationale for it being implemented.
>
> People requesting something, because they have a problem. People tend to
> request
> a solution, that they can think of, instead of describing a problem. 
> That often
> leads to requests that seem to be absurd, or just fitting for special cases.
> However I think you should always try to understand the problem and find a
> solution, that that fits into the big picture.

Good point.

> To get back to the INBOX :-) I do not suggest to allow people to 
> freely rename
> INBOX or do a translation for all folder names. It's just about, that 
> the term
> "INBOX" is english.

But we even get requests for English changes such as mapping "INBOX" to
"Inbox" so this isn't really a language thing, it is a cosmetic issue.

> This is perfect for US and UK people. Most canadian and

Nope, see above (we get as many requests to make it mixed case probably as
we do to translate it).

> european people do not have a problem with it, although they would prefer a
> localized name. But think of chinese, japanese, korean or arabic... they find
> their inbox not only in a foreign language, but also written in foreign
> letters.

I don't see this as a problem myself.  But I understand that others do.

> I hope you understand, where I am heading to: Localization is about 
> to get the
> content into the language of the user, independent of the underlying
> technology, or technical problems that have to be solved to achieve this.

Yes, but if it causes more problems that it fixes, then it isn't worth it.
And no one has yet shown that this will not cause more problems than it
fixes.

> Best regards,
> Malte

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Eric Rostetter
The Department of Physics
The University of Texas at Austin

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