Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 00:57:12 +0200 From: hw <hw@adminart.net> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: thunderbird in German? Message-ID: <87h8705waf.fsf@toy.adminart.net> In-Reply-To: <20190731225154.82dcb0ae.freebsd@edvax.de> (Polytropon's message of "Wed, 31 Jul 2019 22:51:54 %2B0200") References: <87o91bw4mx.fsf@toy.adminart.net> <20190731012754.3783a859.freebsd@edvax.de> <23873.2939.410268.920612@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20190731225154.82dcb0ae.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> writes: > On Tue, 30 Jul 2019 23:31:07 -0400, Robert Huff wrote: >> >> Polytropon writes: >> >> > > After installing and enabling a German language pack as an addon >> > > (not to be confused with a German dictionary (which is also >> > > installed for just in case)), the GUI still remains in English. >> > >> > Those add-ons don't seem to work anymore. Version mismatch >> > combined with improper or missing signing (same trouble as >> > in FF). It seems they aren't needed anymore. >> >> It is my understanding that: >> >> a) sometime back, Mozilla did a major overhaul/upgrade of the >> interface between Firefox and addons. As a result, all >> third-party add-ons and many Firefox-provided add-ons >> stopped working. >> b) some of the add-ons (e.g. AdBlock) were rebuilt to the new >> spec; many were not, including my personal must-have PrefBar. > > Yes, that probably is the case. Luckily (and thanks to search > engines) I was able to find out how to change the interface > language _now_. :-) > > Sidenote: > > Among the affected add-ons weren't just the german language packs, > but also an "interface locale changer" add-on where you could change > the interface language easily. Now this functionality is part of > Firefox, but you need to explore _how_ it works, to prevent the > disappointment of not being able to change the interface language. > I think the same applies for Thunderbird. Ok and _how_ do you change the language in Thunderbird? Changing Firefox wasn't a problem, other than that I wish I could do that site-wide for all users rather than having to do it for each user. Why don't these programs just honor the language settings of the environment?home | help
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