On-device browser translations with Firefox Translations
Firefox can now do offline and privacy-preserving translation of eight languages with more on the way. Powered by open-source and machine-learning.
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How to install additional spell check dictionaries for Flatpak apps
Flatpak apps are isolated from- and doesn’t use the system’s spell checker dictionaries. Here’s how to install more language options into the Flatpak runtime.
Your browser lies: the web isn’t written in your native language
Your web browser can make it appear like everyone speaks your language. Browsers should also reverse-translate form submissions to avoid social faux pas.
How to detect machine-translated webpages
Detect and measure when a web browser or an online translation-service has translated the contents of your webpages.
Semantic markup improves the quality of machine-translated texts
Text-level semantic HTML can improve machine-translation of texts containing program names, programming instructions, file paths, URIs, etc.
How to change the keyboard layout on the MacOS login screen
Set the keyboard layout/language on Mac’s login window, and fix the issue of it being reset to the wrong layout (e.g. ABC Keyboard) after rebooting.
Customize time and date formats in the GNOME top bar
How to use the Clock Override extension for GNOME to get full control over the time and date formats displayed in the GNOME top bar.
How to change to the European English locale on Android
How to use European English date-formats and locale settings while still using Android in American English. Customize your Android device’s locale settings.
How to change the BitLocker boot-screen language and keyboard layout
How to change the language and keyboard layout used in Windows’ special BitLocker Device Encryption pre-boot environment.
The inadequate Windows keyboard layout
I simply don’t get the typographical characters and symbols I need every day with the inadequate default Windows keyboard layout.
Podcasters should embrace programmatic ad insertion
Host-read ads can damage trust. Podcasts should either use different people to read their ads or embrace programmatically inserted ads.
Recover language packs after locking a UI-override in Windows 10
The Windows Settings app will refuse to download additional language packs if you’ve locked a language in the legacy Control Panel.
Search results in Windows 10 limited to exact matches and promotions
Windows Search still doesn’t understand partial matches, favors Microsoft products, and struggles with finding newly installed programs.
The standard language codes for “World English” and “European English”
The “en” language for English doesn’t mean World English but English (unspecified region). There’s another language code that does mean World English, however.
The Vary HTTP response header explained
Learn about the HTTP Vary response header and its important role in HTTP content negotiation and caching. Vary is an important but little-known part of HTTP.
Browser support for <input type="number"> with different decimal marks
The state of web browser support for using both commas and periods as decimal marks in <input type="number"> is still limited in 2021.
Language fallbacks for Scandinavian languages in Debian
You’ll get a weird mix of Scandinavian languages in Debian if you try to use any of the Scandinavian languages for your installation.