2009
10.01

Something I’ve noticed before, and recently very bluntly noticed again, is that a lot of people use their native language for their computer. So in Ubuntu’s case, that means most people in the Netherlands set their GNOME Language to Dutch… same for the Germans in Germany, and so forth…. There is nothing inherently wrong about this. However, when posting screenshots to bugtrackers, or when mailing others, it never seems to cross peoples mind’s that the receiver might not speak (or read for that matter) the sender’s native language. Making it an incredible pain for the receiver to understand/interpret the screenshot.

Especially when contacting people about problems, where you want their help, please remember, that you are asking someone else to spend some of their private time (for free) to help you. If you can’t be bothered to make an English language screenshot, why should they (the person you’re asking for help) be bothered to help you out?

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