It's much easier to see what language someone would speak since a browser specifies it in every HTTP request [1]. It's not only more deterministic than guessing where someone's geographical location is based on IP ranges, it also doesn't rely on ISPs updating database records. It is magnitudes easier and more reliable to check someone's language than it is to check someone's geolocation.
Next to that, if I select it once, I would hope Apple would be at least smart enough to save my selection in a cookie, so that when I visit the site tomorrow, it doesn't require me to enter the same exact information.
It's obvious Apple is dropping the same ball on browser locale here just as RIM does, so my comment disproves his comparison with Apple.
Next to that, if I select it once, I would hope Apple would be at least smart enough to save my selection in a cookie, so that when I visit the site tomorrow, it doesn't require me to enter the same exact information.
It's obvious Apple is dropping the same ball on browser locale here just as RIM does, so my comment disproves his comparison with Apple.
[1] http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14...