IE7 And Its Arrogant HTTP Accept Header
Posted on Thursday, 21 September, 2006
(Yes, a string can be “arrogant”).
I have to give a thumbs up to the developers of Internet Explorer 7. Even if the developpers have just done a “paint job on their Pinto”, in my opinion, they have done a rather good paint job. Obviously, IE is still far from on par with Firefox or Opera, and I do not have any reason to switch back from Firefox anyway. However, it's not that much from a user perspective that I am interested in IE7, but rather as the amateur web developper that I am.
Categories: Web Development and Programming
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Back to the top of this pageLost In Translation: You Bet!
Posted on Saturday, 16 September, 2006
Back in Vienna after having spent two years in the UK, I have not experienced a serious culture shock yet – until last night, that is. It caught me unprepared. Watching “Lost In Translation”, I kept asking myself how I could ever bear watching dubbed films on TV before my stay in England. I am not used to it any more, it just does not sound right. Blame the war in Iraq, Guantánamo, or whatever you want for all that stupid anti-americanism in Europe, I blame badly dubbed American films.
Categories: Language and Translation
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Back to the top of this pageWhen the Translator is the Dumb One
Posted on Tuesday, 5 September, 2006
This is the first entry in my “Hall of Shame” of particularly embarrassing translation and internationalization mistakes. One might argue that this sort of post is somehow mean-spirited and it certainly is, but I think it's also a good way both to raise awareness about the challenges of language translation and to have a good laugh.
Categories: Language and Translation
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Back to the top of this pageThe Fear of the Blank Page – or: Why yet another blog?
Posted on Friday, 1 September, 2006
My first post on my nice little blog – and the fear of the blank page is overwhelming. A good place to start might be to attempt to define what this blog is actually about and to outline why I believe it might contribute something new to this continuously evolving maze of more or less serious thoughts and interactions commonly referred to as the Worldwide Web.
Categories: Localization and Internationalization Loose Talk
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