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globally working addressbook maps
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We're not planning on rewrite all the current code/redesigning the whole thing either. Certain things also really should happen before/alongside others e.g. clean-ups to the back end, fixing drag & drop - getting the basics working a bit better. We're always willing to accept patches from others. So if you want to try and help please do. | We're not planning on rewrite all the current code/redesigning the whole thing either. Certain things also really should happen before/alongside others e.g. clean-ups to the back end, fixing drag & drop - getting the basics working a bit better. We're always willing to accept patches from others. So if you want to try and help please do. | ||
--[[User:Standard8|Standard8]] 12:15, 11 Oct 2005 (PDT) | --[[User:Standard8|Standard8]] 12:15, 11 Oct 2005 (PDT) | ||
== globally working addressbook maps == | |||
The map feature in addressbook is localizable, but it doesn't allow for mapping functionality in other countries. For example, I can't get a good map of a polish address in an en-US build, or get a good map of Brasilia in a German build. | |||
In my head, maps are like fonts, wherever you are, which build you use, you should get a good display of whichever address. Thus, we should include good maplinks for all countries where we have one. As addresses are often saved in the format that some person likes, and not in the one the map provider does (country names, spelling etc), we should probably have a few words with fuzzy matches (e.g. Polska, Poland, Polen...), and the corresponding provider query string, likely with the country already filled in in the preferred format. Maybe we can add a special set of localized country names to each locale, so that the main build would cover the native language plus english, french, spanish and a few others, and each localization could add a bunch of further mappings in their language. | |||
That should likely cover most use cases, I guess. --[[User:AxelHecht|AxelHecht]] 05:12, 14 Oct 2005 (PDT) | |||