[OpenID] Proposal for OpenID Language Extension

[Allen Tom]

Hi Lukas,

In our experience, we've found that the browser settings aren't that 
reliable, especially for users who are traveling. Instead, we think that 
it would be more reliable for the RP to pass the OP a hint as to what 
language is currently being displayed to the user, so that OpenID sign 
in experience would continue to be in the same language on the OP as it 
was on the RP when the user initiated the sign in process.

In your example, the user is trying to sign into an English language RP, 
so presumably the user already knows English. If the user is not already 
signed into the OP, the Login screen would be displayed in the using the 
browser's default language, which might not be the user's prefered 
language. For example, what if I was traveling in Germany, and tried to 
sign into my favorite English language RP using a browser that was 
localized in German. It may seem weird that my OP is suddenly displaying 
the Login screen in German.

thanks
Allen




Lukas Rosenstock wrote:
> Hi!
> Good idea, but shouldn't the language be determined via the browser settings
> or via my personal settings at the OP?
> I mean, if the relying party (who else) is an English website it would set
> the xopenid_lang_pref parameter to "en", while I might still prefer to use
> the OP interface in German (my default/native language).
>
> Lukas
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: general-bounces at openid.net [mailto:general-bounces at openid.net] Im
> Auftrag von Allen Tom
> Gesendet: Montag, 12. Mai 2008 21:00
> An: openid-general
> Betreff: [OpenID] Proposal for OpenID Language Extension
>
> Hi Everybody,
>
> OpenID is gaining plenty of momentum worldwide, and it's important that 
> we support multiple languages. I started a brief proposal on the OpenID 
> twiki to allow an RP to pass the user's language preference the OP help 
> localize the sign in flow:
>
> http://wiki.openid.net/OpenIDLanguagePreference
>
> The proposal is based on OAuth's Language Preference extension.
>
> I'm also very happy to announce that Yahoo's OP has experimental support 
> for several languages, including English, Spanish, German, French, 
> Chinese, Italian, and Korean. The twiki contains links to display the 
> Yahoo OpenID sign in screens in the supported languages.
>
> Thanks
> Allen
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