[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28577: Allow language to be chosen during initial install

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#28577: Allow language to be chosen during initial install
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 Reporter:  nacin           |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  4.0
Component:  I18N            |     Version:
 Severity:  normal          |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch     |     Focuses:
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Comment (by johnbillion):

 Here's a dump of screenshots of the language switcher from various
 installation screens:

 === Drupal 7.28 ===

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/BitNLNV.png)]]

 === Joomla 3.3 ===

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/a0lNroZ.png)]]

 === RedHat Enterprise 5 ===

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/Wor8hOX.png)]]

 === Ubuntu Desktop ===

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/R2lQF3o.png)]]

 === Windows 7 ===

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/Ri3lfUh.jpg)]]

 === Windows 8 ===

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/qcqcEnD.png)]]

 === Windows Essentials ===

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/mzbciz1.jpg)]]

 == Some Observations ==

 OS X and Windows 7 use a sentence for each language ("Use %s as the main
 language" and "My language is %s" respectively). All other language
 selectors I've seen just use the language name on its own. Sometimes this
 is just the native name, sometimes it's the English name alongside the
 native name.

 A drop down list is not obviously a language selector if you can't read
 English. A list that's at least partially visible is much more clearly a
 language switcher.

 The Joomla! install process has added complexity because it needs to force
 a reload of the page if you change language.

 The Windows Essentials language switcher splits the list into installed
 and available languages. Although we should avoid this in WordPress, we
 could list the currently installed languages (if any) at the top of the
 list.

 Below is a screenshot of the language switcher on Google. It demonstrates
 how long the list of languages could potentially get. The less common
 languages are hidden by default behind a 'show more' link.

 [[Image(https://i.imgur.com/1d5ozhb.png)]]

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