<![CDATA[There is a special place in hell for web sites that ignore your browser language setting and match the site language based on your IP.]]>There is a special place in hell for web sites that ignore your browser language setting and match the site language based on your IP. For those that don't even allow you to force the language you want, there is an extra special place reserved...

I'm looking at you at the moment...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9623ea1d-ee60-4fb7-8ead-e3b223587199/there-is-a-special-place-in-hell-for-web-sites-that-ignore-your-browser-language-setting-and-match-the-site-language-based-on-your-ip.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 08:05:54 GMTFri, 08 May 2026 14:19:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to There is a special place in hell for web sites that ignore your browser language setting and match the site language based on your IP. on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:19:32 GMT]]>@drajt in my experience, stupid. I had this argument in the past and many don't understand that there's headers that tell you. Some devs give a use preference which is also good, but still too many think ip address is the right way to tell what a user wants (and it's not even great for telling where a user is!)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sldrant/statuses/116539862080934997https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sldrant/statuses/116539862080934997Fri, 08 May 2026 16:19:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There is a special place in hell for web sites that ignore your browser language setting and match the site language based on your IP. on Fri, 08 May 2026 16:17:46 GMT]]>@sldrant I know, are they stupid, evil, or both?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/drajt/statuses/116539855121162550https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/drajt/statuses/116539855121162550Fri, 08 May 2026 16:17:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There is a special place in hell for web sites that ignore your browser language setting and match the site language based on your IP. on Fri, 08 May 2026 15:39:09 GMT]]>@drajt oh all seem to do that

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sldrant/statuses/116539703243518576https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/sldrant/statuses/116539703243518576Fri, 08 May 2026 15:39:09 GMT