Mozilla.com/Localization

This page is a resource for discussing changes and updates to mozilla.com to improve access for non-English speaking users.

Here is a stub of discussion areas to be filled in with input from the international community.

Use Cases

These are the use cases that require internationalization of mozilla.com pages. They are listed in order of expected frequency.

• (primary) International users coming to main mozilla.com URLs to learn about our products and obtain our software.

• (secondary) Users looking for a build in a specific language which may or may not be their primary language (for testing, exploration, etc.)

The Team

Who'd like to help us? We'll need:

• translators
• sysadmins
• testers

Potential Solutions

Add ideas for how we can best design the internationalization experience for our users. No idea is too wacky, simple or complex. For each, please list:

• the idea in a nutshell
• implementation requirements
• any pros/cons you can think of

Use Accept-Language Headers

Use Apache's support for content negotiation to serve the pages in the language requested by the browser's "Accept-Language" header.

Requirements

• user's browser sends the appropriate accept-language header
• mozilla.com's apache can be configured to serve appropriate pages
• fallback for languages we don't support / default language

Pros

• transparent to user and makes best use of available technology

Cons

• requires that user has browser that sends correct header

Timeline

• Dec 17 - collect potential solutions, build out team
• Dec 20 - have plan for solution in place
• Jan 20 - have implemented solution in place

Track implementation

Any bugs created to implement the plan will be listed here for tracking purposes.