<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Hi Tony,<br><br></div><div>The control panel is very simple. The left column is the language and the right column is the region/dialect.<br><br></div><div>Maybe that should be a column header?<br><br></div><div>Also, there is no conflicting "+" and "add" buttons. The dropdown for the language selectors in a up or down arrow, while the add a new language button is a "+". The hitbox for the expand/contract the dropdown includes the button and the label, making it more discoverable.<br><br></div><div>Maybe it should use palettes (or modals with search!) to be more consistent, but it is actually a very nice ui considering it does a very complex job.<br></div><div><br></div>I opened the control panel on the same OLPC OS image that you are running, can can not reproduce many (any?) of the issues you're describing.<br><br></div>Please consider opening separate tickets for the issues.<br><br></div>Thanks,<br></div>Sam<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 9:26 PM Tony Anderson <<a href="mailto:tony_anderson@usa.net">tony_anderson@usa.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
To continue the story. The way it works, you click on the button to the<br>
left of the language (English) to<br>
get a list. You click on the language to get a dialect (or region?). You<br>
click on the dialect to select it. You then click on the<br>
+ button to get it 'really' selected. You then click on the top right<br>
button to restart as always.<br>
<br>
After restarting the added language (German) is the system language.<br>
However, when going back to the<br>
language selection in settings, German is the only language shown. So<br>
you need to click to open the language<br>
list, click on English. This opens up the options of Australien and USA.<br>
Incidentally, that is now the only line, the German<br>
option has disappeared.<br>
<br>
I tried Arabic. There are 12 regions or dialects available. That list is<br>
in English. I selected Egypt and was able to<br>
switch to Arabic. To switch back, I clicked on the button to the left of<br>
Arabic (only line). It lists alternate languages<br>
in a mixture of Arabic and Latin alphabets. English is evidently shown<br>
in Arabic but Spanish is Spanish. I selected<br>
Spanish getting 21 regional choices all in Arabic except USA. I selected<br>
USA and switched the system to Spanish.<br>
<br>
I then went back to settings and got a list of languages in Spanish<br>
(Inglés). I selected that option and got a choice<br>
of Australia and USA. I was able to get back to the original English,<br>
USA option.<br>
<br>
Tony<br>
<br>
<br>
On 08/12/2015 12:55 PM, Tony Anderson wrote:<br>
> I was surprised and embarrassed yesterday trying to show how easy it<br>
> is to switch<br>
> languages. I was using a 13.2.5 image.<br>
><br>
> In previous versions, you go to settings and language and get a long<br>
> list of supported<br>
> languages. In 13.2.5, you get a statement: 'Add languages in the order<br>
> you prefer'.<br>
> So I clicked on + to add German. It added another row: English USA + -<br>
><br>
> In the press of the moment, I couldn't find any other language that<br>
> English USA.<br>
><br>
> However, today I found that the trick is to click on the button to the<br>
> left of the word English. This<br>
> opens the expected list. Click on German adds a line with dialects:<br>
> Austria, Belgium, Germany, ...<br>
><br>
> Unfortunately, the use of the word 'add' together with a '+' button at<br>
> least in my case led to confusion.<br>
><br>
> Tony<br>
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