Re: [Enigma-devel] Re: Language icons in Enigma's main menu

[Ronald Lamprecht]

Hi,

Andreas Lochmann wrote:
> address@hidden schrieb:
> > Just a thought, not as decorative as flags though, maybe spelling 
> > each  language in it's own language.  Then even if you don't 
> > understand any other  language choices you will at least understand 
> > your own.  You might even  have it say the language if you hover over 
> > it with the pointer.
>
> Hmm ... voice output seems to me to be too resource
> demanding. We'd have to change all other buttons to
> voice output as well. Needs lot's of memory, and
> people to speak the terms.

And some people have the sound switched off.

> Looking at several other webpages I currently favor
> the idea of displaying a "What's your favorite language?"
> page when starting Enigma for the first time. We could
> ask for a user name at that point as well, even for the
> video resolution. In a (much) later version we could
> invite to a tutorial through the options and features
> of the game or give hints about the ratings auto-update.

In which language will you ask your first question?

The main idea of addition of flags to avoid the problem of providing 
language names in a certain language. On the main screen we do not have 
the space to display many words. Thus the flags are nice a colorful and 
inviting mean for language selection that is understood by everyone. It 
works well on our homepage. It is just a question of a locally fitting 
background to use flags in their original color.

Greets,

Ronald