http://simonwillison.net/2009-12-05T17:30:33+00:00Simon Willison2009-12-05T17:30:33+00:002009-12-05T17:30:33+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Dec/5/language/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://code.flickr.com/blog/2009/12/04/language-detection-a-witchs-brew/">Language Detection: A Witch&#x27;s Brew?</a></strong></p> The Flickr team make the case for using the Accept-Language header over IP detection to pick a site’s language, with a simple UI for switching languages in case you get it wrong. They’ve been using this for two and a half years without any significant problems. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flickr">flickr</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/http">http</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/i18n">i18n</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/l10n">l10n</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/languagdetection">languagdetection</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/language">language</a></p>