Open Bug 1160002 Opened 10 years ago Updated 5 years ago

Should offer en-GB Firefox download when the preferred language is en-AU/CA/NZ/ZA

Categories

(www.mozilla.org :: Pages & Content, defect)

Product:
www.mozilla.org
Component:
Pages & Content
Version:
Production
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: mambas, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug,
URL
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Details

(Whiteboard: [kb=1748270] [l10n])

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:37.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/37.0 Build ID: 20150415140819 Steps to reproduce: Went to http://getfirefox.com and hit download. Actual results: Downloads me a US locale Expected results: Should be GB. We spell and speak British English, not US. I don't know where else to report this.
Steps to reproduce: 1. Options/Preferences → Content → Choose. 2. Set either “English/Australia [en-au]” or “English/New Zealand [en-nz]” at the top of the list. 3. http://getfirefox.com Actual results: 301 https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/?utm_source=getfirefox-com&utm_medium=referral 301 https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/?utm_source=getfirefox-com&utm_medium=referral (In this example, if you're using Windows) The “Free Download” button links to https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-stub&os=win&lang=en-US Expected results: 301 https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/?utm_source=getfirefox-com&utm_medium=referral 301 https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/new/?utm_source=getfirefox-com&utm_medium=referral (In this example, if you're using Windows) The “Free Download” button should link to https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-stub&os=win&lang=en-GB
URL: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/?utm_...
Component: Untriaged → General
Product: Firefox → www.mozilla.org
Summary: Downloading Firefox from Australia (And presumably NZ) defaults to US locale. Should be GB. → Should offer English/United Kingdom [en-GB] Firefox download when the preferred language is English/Australia [en-AU] or English/New Zealand [en-NZ]
Whiteboard: [l10n]
Version: 37 Branch → Production
I'm using the en-GB build in Canada, so I understand the request.
Blocks: download-buttons
URL: https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/?utm_... → https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Component: General → Pages & Content
Ever confirmed: true
Summary: Should offer English/United Kingdom [en-GB] Firefox download when the preferred language is English/Australia [en-AU] or English/New Zealand [en-NZ] → Should offer English/United Kingdom [en-GB] Firefox download when the preferred language is English/Australia [en-AU], English/Canada [en-CA] or English/New Zealand [en-NZ]
There's a bigger scheme that we should tackle in offering "good local choice" when folks come to mozilla.org.
Whiteboard: [l10n] → [kb=1748270] [l10n]
I'm adding a fallback locale list for Spanish in Bug 1164781, so technically now it's easy to fallback en-AU/CA/NZ to en-GB.
See Also: → https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1164781
Kohei: status on this one? Do you still want to work on it? Thx!
Flags: needinfo?(kohei.yoshino)
Yes, the change should be simple. Will send a pull request.
Flags: needinfo?(kohei.yoshino)
Assignee: nobody → kohei.yoshino
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Summary: Should offer English/United Kingdom [en-GB] Firefox download when the preferred language is English/Australia [en-AU], English/Canada [en-CA] or English/New Zealand [en-NZ] → Should offer en-GB Firefox download when the preferred language is en-AU/CA/NZ/ZA
Status: ASSIGNED → NEW
Assignee: kohei.yoshino → nobody
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