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Why using flags to represent languages is wrong
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Why using flags to represent languages is wrong. I decided to write this post as a result of more and more people making use of this technique, which I consider to be wrong and potentially offensive. So, why should you not use flags to represent languages? The answer is NONE. So, what SHOULD we use to represent languages? I have had many people asking me this and the answer is rather easy: either international standard codes, such as. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
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usability | Leave That Thing Alone
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Leave That Thing Alone. I used to write a blog, but then I took an arrow in the knee. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Should I use flags as icons for languages? September 23, 2012. Long answer: How to select a language? Flags represent locations and nations. To make it simple,. Flags are symbols for countries, autonomous areas and sometimes nations. They represent a location or a nation, not a language. Official W3C internationalization best practice. Finnish bilingual sites often rep...
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Usability | Leave That Thing Alone
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Leave That Thing Alone. I used to write a blog, but then I took an arrow in the knee. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Should I use flags as icons for languages? September 23, 2012. Long answer: How to select a language? Flags represent locations and nations. To make it simple,. Flags are symbols for countries, autonomous areas and sometimes nations. They represent a location or a nation, not a language. Official W3C internationalization best practice. Finnish bilingual sites often rep...
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internationalization | Leave That Thing Alone
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Leave That Thing Alone. I used to write a blog, but then I took an arrow in the knee. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Should I use flags as icons for languages? September 23, 2012. Long answer: How to select a language? Flags represent locations and nations. To make it simple,. Flags are symbols for countries, autonomous areas and sometimes nations. They represent a location or a nation, not a language. Official W3C internationalization best practice. Finnish bilingual sites often rep...
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Should I use flags as icons for languages? | Leave That Thing Alone
http://laak.fi/2012/09/should-i-use-flags-as-icons-for-languages
Leave That Thing Alone. I used to write a blog, but then I took an arrow in the knee. Skip to primary content. Should I use flags as icons for languages? September 23, 2012. Long answer: How to select a language? This is one of the most common internationalization issues and out there are many websites, which are doing it wrong. Sometimes the designer doesn’t know, sometimes it’s the client that doesn’t know. So I decided to dig some arguments and answers. Flags represent locations and nations. Finnish b...
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