Making language selection smarter in Wikipedia
summary
Builds a compact language selector on top of the Universal Language Selector using browser language, up to five cookie‑stored previous choices, GeoIP plus CLDR regional preferences, and planned “popular” ranking; implements a collapsed list with the collapsed count integrated into the button and a searchable popup. Beta shows 6683 beta users testing it. RTL placement is fixed, but quality‑indicator stars and preserved‑title labels are lost in collapsed entries, GeoIP and VPN accuracy remain unresolved.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:50Current language list
- 2:39About 400 languages
- 3:14Extensions and scripts
- 4:25Ordering requirements
- 4:48Deciding factors
- 6:29Universal Language Selector
- 7:19CLD
- 7:57UI
- 8:42Design
- 9:27Implementation
- 11:50Concerns
- 14:53Customization
- 16:54Demo
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