We are in the process of rolling out a multi-language version of the this site, and I am considering what kind of icons to show (if any?) beside each language name.
I like the appearance of country flags, however I appreciate that these are inaccurate (country ? language), and may therefore offend some visitors.
ISO 639-1 language codes are more accurate (and therefore less likely to offend), but visually uninteresting. I wonder if using different colours (as the Gmail app shows for contacts without profile pictures) for each language would help here?
Or perhaps it would be preferable to simply show the language name, without any icon?
What do you think? All feedback/comments gratefully received!
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Cute James
Hello chaps,
We are in the process of rolling out a multi-language version of the this site, and I am considering what kind of icons to show (if any?) beside each language name.
I like the appearance of country flags, however I appreciate that these are inaccurate (country ? language), and may therefore offend some visitors.
ISO 639-1 language codes are more accurate (and therefore less likely to offend), but visually uninteresting. I wonder if using different colours (as the Gmail app shows for contacts without profile pictures) for each language would help here?
Or perhaps it would be preferable to simply show the language name, without any icon?
What do you think? All feedback/comments gratefully received!
Thank you.
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