476340 - In-product English pages should have a language selection box

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(support.mozilla.org :: Localization, task)

Description

[Hùng]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5

For some reasons, many non-English users still use en-US versions of Firefox. They may understand simple English words on Firefox interface like "Tools", "File", "Help", etc... but some of them may not feel it's easy to read a long English article/tutorial. So, with a language selection box, there will be more chances for them to get help from articles written in their native languages.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Run an en-US Firefox version.
2. On the menu bar, click Help> Help Contents (or For Internet Explorer Users).
3. (Additional): After Firefox Help page is loaded, you may also browse other in-product pages from there.
Actual Results:  
These in-product pages don't have a language selection box at the right bottom corner as usual.

Expected Results:  
They should have one.

I file this bug because at this time, Vietnamese Firefox users are still using en-US versions. And I have seen some people pressing F1 (yes, a very popular hotkey for help) or clicking on Help menu.

There is a low chance that a non-English user click Help> Help Contents, and try looking for a language selection box, though. Hope this request may still be useful.

Comment 1

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

I don't see the point, but then again, I don't see the harm. :-) (confirming)

Comment 2

[James Socol [:jsocol, :james]]

Fixed in Kitsune.