Posted by Dylan Parry on 08/08/07 15:09

Wayne Sallee wrote:
> Another thing to consider is accessibility for other
> languages. So often webmasters have buttons that are
> graphic. Not only is it better to use text in the
> buttons for other reasons, but also so that if
> someone is using a translator, such as Google's
> automatic web page translator, the buttons will be
> translated.

Along a similar line, flags shouldn't be used to denote languages
either. It's insulting and factually inaccurate to use flags in most cases.

For example a British Flag "representing English" is insulting to
Australians, Canadians, Americans, New Zealanders, and many others whose
official language is (amongst others) English;

It's also factually inaccurate unless the author means that the site is
available in English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, and Lowland
Scots. Which I very much doubt :)

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