> Google has a blind spot about the "human element" in usability
I agree with that. I reported a problem with search localization 3 times for the last 2 years to my friend who is working at Google. And monthes after the last time I saw the bad localization behaviour in the search.
I also had to involve my friend for this bug and a few gmail ones because I just could not find the feedback form.
1. That was a one-three years ago.
2. The bad behavior is that Google search invited a new user (without its cookie) with a locale based on geolocation instead of much better indicator - browser accepted languages.
3. This behavior is extremely annoying when you search from the Linux console in Links (or Lynx) that has no yet native language installed.
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> Google has a blind spot about the "human element" in usability
I agree with that. I reported a problem with search localization 3 times for the last 2 years to my friend who is working at Google. And monthes after the last time I saw the bad localization behaviour in the search.
I also had to involve my friend for this bug and a few gmail ones because I just could not find the feedback form.
1. That was a one-three years ago. 2. The bad behavior is that Google search invited a new user (without its cookie) with a locale based on geolocation instead of much better indicator - browser accepted languages. 3. This behavior is extremely annoying when you search from the Linux console in Links (or Lynx) that has no yet native language installed.