PA
Tue Jun 17 15:38:10 PDT 2008
> ...At the root of it,
> isn't a cookie supposed to make it more convenient for a user?
You'd think so, wouldn't you? In the real world, the cookie makes things
more efficient for the website!
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Tom Brown wrote:
> Right.
>
> It seems like it would be a good idea to be able to override the cookie
> (on
> MY machine) and not let it show up in a foreign language. But, I guess I
> expect too much from worldwide technology these days. At the root of it,
> isn't a cookie supposed to make it more convenient for a user? If I am
> looking something in a foreign language, it doesn't do of us any good.
>
> You've heard the old phrase about a "pig looking at a digital wristwatch?"
> Well, that's me trying to see my home page on Yahoo.com in Korean.
>
> Tom
>
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" <PABearMVP@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eiHCZfbxIHA.5580@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Look in IE Tools | Internet Options | General | Languages: If English is
>> at the top of the list or it's the only language listed, the
>> language-version of the page in question is being determined by a cookie.
>> Not much you can do about that.
>>
>> Tom Brown wrote:
>>> Yes, that is exactly what I meant. When I am in the hotel in Korea,
>>> somehow
>>> IE detects that and offers my home page (such as Yahoo.com) in Korean
>>> characters. If I can find an ENGLISH hyperlink, I can just click it but
>>> sometimes its not even written in English so I don't know that's the
>>> button
>>> to get an English version..
>>>
>>> It seems to me that I ought be be able to specify in IE that I only want
>>> to
>>> see the English language version of IE.
>>>
>>> "Hans Le Roy" <hlrNO@SPAMmvps.org> wrote in message
>>> news:552C6FF9-346A-4C85-AF67-7A04EB3FC5EC@microsoft.com...
>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>>
>>>> I guess you do not mean that IE speaks Korean (even if that is what you
>>>> are saying). IE cannot just switch languages.
>>>>
>>>> I suppose you mean some web pages are rendered in Korean, and you want
>>>> them to display in English. You don't give us examples, so we have to
>>>> guess. This is mine: you are visting a website that detects the IP
>>>> address
>>>> of the visitor and inferes the language from that IP address. If taht's
>>>> the case, there is not much you can do.
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards
>>>>
>>>> Hans
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Tom Brown" <NoSpam@foo.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:36A34DCD-1AF4-4540-B6C3-CA008EC6D18B@microsoft.com...
>>>>> I regularly work in Korea and when I open IE6, many times, it opens up
>>>>> in
>>>>> the Korean equivalent. Is there any way to force IE to open up in the
>>>>> English version disregarding where my computer is located?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Tom