{"id":871,"date":"2009-12-14T21:26:16","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T21:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morris.cymru\/?p=871"},"modified":"2023-07-09T21:48:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T20:48:15","slug":"flags-are-not-languages-easyjet-website-is-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morris.cymru\/en\/2009\/12\/flags-are-not-languages-easyjet-website-is-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Flags are not languages (Easyjet website is wrong)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyjet.com\">Easyjet<\/a> have recently changed their website. Now you get a language selection screen. So far so good I guess (for a website).<\/p>\n<p>But unfortunately instead of just the names of languages, there are flags as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/carlmorris\/4185987188\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Easyjet\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4004\/4185987188_2f2339ecdf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The flags on this page may look colourful, but having them there is WRONG.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not being pedantic here. It is simply wrong.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t get the flag screen when you visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.easyjet.com\">easyjet.com<\/a> and you want to see it, it may be because of your browser&#8217;s language setting. (In Firefox for instance, go to Tools | Options | Content | Languages.)<\/p>\n<p>Failing that, look for and delete a browser cookie that stores Easyjet&#8217;s language setting. (In Firefox for instance, go to Tools | Options | Privacy | Show Cookies then search for &#8220;easyjet&#8221;.)<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a slightly dated but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.tut.fi\/~jkorpela\/flags.html\">classic web page about flags and languages<\/a> (summary: don&#8217;t).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not going to point out every case of this, but when a big company does it then it&#8217;s closer to becoming a <em>de facto<\/em> standard. It has an influence on other people and companies. This isn&#8217;t a particular beef with Easyjet, it&#8217;s just a clear example of this problem. My patience here is flagging. Etc.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Easyjet have recently changed their website. Now you get a language selection screen. 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