Current Browser User Language or Culture?

[bradwiseathome]

In pure JavaScript, how can I know what language/culture the user is
currently in? So I could display a page with a dollar sign if USA but
a pound symbol if GBR, for example.

Thanks.

[Randy Webb]

br************@hotmail.com said the following on 6/22/2007 11:57 AM:

In pure JavaScript, how can I know what language/culture the user is
currently in?

The language won't tell you much as it doesn't differentiate between
cultures/dialects.

navigator.language

So I could display a page with a dollar sign if USA but
a pound symbol if GBR, for example.

While the goal is admirable it is more trouble than it is worth and very
undependable. Put a select list and let the user choose what currency.

If an American is traveling in Italy and visits your site, should they
get Italian or US Currency? Of all the visits to Italy, I have possessed
Italian currency once. I always use US Dollars (even though I know it
costs me money).

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Randy
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[Cenc]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:57:17 -0700, br************@hotmail.com wrote:

In pure JavaScript, how can I know what language/culture the user is
currently in? So I could display a page with a dollar sign if USA but
a pound symbol if GBR, for example.

I use this: navigator.userLanguage

But it doesn't work with FF.

Is there a way to retrieve the system language with FF?

[Lee]

Cenc said:

>
On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:57:17 -0700, br************@hotmail.com wrote:

>In pure JavaScript, how can I know what language/culture the user is
currently in? So I could display a page with a dollar sign if USA but
a pound symbol if GBR, for example.

I use this: navigator.userLanguage

But it doesn't work with FF.

Is there a way to retrieve the system language with FF?

Did you happen to read the rest of this thread?
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[Cenc]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:26:32 -0400, Randy Webb
<Hi************@aol.comwrote:

If an American is traveling in Italy and visits your site, should they
get Italian or US Currency? Of all the visits to Italy, I have possessed
Italian currency once. I always use US Dollars (even though I know it
costs me money).

I think he means the same as me: If a german user (usually on a german
computer with german system language) visits the site, the text /
signs should be what a german would expect / prefer to see: Euro

if (german) €
if (usa) $
if (swedish) sek
if (GB) £
if (french) €
and so on ..........