1477058 - Opting for always having the docs displayed in a given language have no effect

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1440602

(developer.mozilla.org Graveyard :: Localization, enhancement)

Description

[cleydyr]

What did you do?
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1. Search on Google for a keyword (say, "array map mdn");
2. Click on a result from MDN (it will be displayed in Portuguese)
3. Change the display language of the documentation to English (US);
4. Opt for always having the docs displayed in English US
5. Repeat step 1 and 2

What happened?
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The page will be displayed in Portuguese again.

What should have happened?
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The page will be displayed in English as I've opted before.

Is there anything else we should know?
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Comment 1

[John Whitlock [:jwhitlock]]

The locale preference is for "no locale" URLs, like

https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/map

This will get redirected to:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/map

However, Google prefers to link you to the Portuguese version of the page:

https://developer.mozilla.org/pt-BR/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/map

Whenever you follow a link like this, that already has a locale in the URL, then the URL wins.

There is bug 1471829 that we ask you too much to remember your preference.

A web extension might be able to automatically switch you to English (bug 1432826)

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/english-content/

This sounds similar to bug 1440602, so marking as duplicate.