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How to detect the browser language preference using JavaScript?
Detecting the language preference of users can be very important for Websites or Web Apps for increasing user interaction. By using JavaScript, this task can be easily done by using: Languages property is available for the navigator interface, which returns the most preferred / user preferred language set in the web browser.
Is there a way to detect language preference?
It always returns an array, ordered by users preference. In Safari & IE the array is always single length. In FF and Chrome it may be more than one language. DanSingerman has a very good solution for this question. The only reliable source for the language is in the HTTP-request header.
What does the property of browserlanguage mean?
From browserLanguage: In Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and earlier, the browserLanguage property reflects the language of the installed browser’s user interface. For example, if you install a Japanese version of Windows Internet Explorer on an English operating system, browserLanguage would be ja.
How can I find out what language my browser is using?
There is no decent way to get that setting, at least not something browser independent. But the server has that info, because it is part of the HTTP request header (the Accept-Language field, see http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.4) So the only reliable way is to get an answer back from the server.
How big is the browser market in the world?
Browser Market Share Worldwide | StatCounter Global Stats This graph shows the market share of browsers worldwide based on over 10 billion monthly page views. This graph shows the market share of browsers worldwide based on over 10 billion monthly page views.
Which is the best score for language detection?
The score value is between 0 and 1. The Language Detection feature can detect a wide range of languages, variants, dialects, and some regional or cultural languages. The exact list of languages for this feature isn’t published.
What kind of browser is window.navigator.userlanguage?
window.navigator.userLanguage is IE only and it’s the language set in Windows Control Panel – Regional Options and NOT browser language, but you could suppose that a user using a machine with Window Regional settings set to France is probably a French user. navigator.language is FireFox and all other browser.