Re: [libreoffice-design] questions about the status bar

Þann sun 15.apr 2012 20:38, skrifaði Andrew Pullins:
> Hello
> im taking all this from
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Design/Writer_Status_Bar_Remaking
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> Language... why do we need to tell people what language they are in. there
> has never been a moment in my life where I had forgotten what language I
> speak and read. i guess this could be useful for people who speak
> different languages, but then again it does not take that long to recognize
> that the words on the screen are not English. when I see Spanish, German,
> or Swedish I do not wander if it is English. now I would not see the
> difference between German and Swedish, but I could see that it
> is definitely not English. so why is it even there?

Imagine this (a real-life example):

A french professional translator works in Moscow; editing 
documents with sections in various languages and alphabets 
ranging from Ukrainian and Russian to Dutch and French, 
using his good'ol French keyboard in an Russian OS, having 
LibreOffice UI alternatively in French and English.

In a case like this you'd really appreciate see right away 
which language you're editing (after disruption by phone or 
whatever).

Such a person is also a likely candidate to beg for a nice 
word/character/line count.

Regards,
Sveinn í Felli


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