443927 - The language selector should be visible

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(support.mozilla.org :: Knowledge Base Software, task)

Description

[Underpass]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; . NET CLR 2.0.50727)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; it-IT; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008052906 Firefox/3.0

After the layout change in the past days, I "lost" the language selector.
Only now I have noticed it is at the very end of the page (see image)

http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/3002/langselecthf7.png



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual Results:  
It is difficult to reach the language selector without scrolling down all the page.

Expected Results:  
The language selector should be moved near the translation menu, since it is a most useful tool for contributors (especially if used in conjunction with the "duplicate tab" feature in Firefox 3).

Comment 1

[David Tenser [:djst]]

The location of the language selector was admittedly optimized for the end user, assuming the correct language will be detected automatically. If en-US is shown instead, that means there is no translation of the article yet, and we keep the "Translate this page" link in the Actions box at the top. 

As a contributor, how are you using the language selector?

Comment 2

[Underpass]

When I translate a page it's useful to duplicate a tab and then select the English page. In this way I can keep the translation near the original.

I found it very comfortable.

I agree with you - for non logged users it can remain at the end of the page.

Comment 3

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

I vote for not changing this. You can drag the "Translate this page" link to an empty area in the tab bar.

Comment 4

[Underpass]

I don't actually need the "Translate this page" link, but the capability to open the original Englisg version of a given page.

It is not a thing of vital importance, but it was handy.

Comment 5

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

-->KB Software
(Just going through open article bugs)

Comment 6

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

What's the word on this? I'm unclear on what's broken/needs fixing.

Comment 7

[Kadir Topal [:atopal]]

Since we have the english orginal in the localization window now, I'm marking this fixed