Re: [tor-bugs] #24131 [Webpages/Website]: torproject.org work

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#24131: torproject.org work
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 Reporter:  isabela           |          Owner:  hiro
     Type:  task              |         Status:  assigned
 Priority:  Medium            |      Milestone:  website redesign
Component:  Webpages/Website  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal            |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  ux-team,          |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:  #21222            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                    |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by Meteor0id):

 I see that tier 1 languages are determined by the number of times the
 browser is downlaoded with a certain locale. That does not seem like an
 accurate means of messureing to me. The infromation we should be useing is
 "Which language do users want" not "Which language have users settled for
 in the past".

 If the Tor Project webpage has not been localized, the download link will
 by default be in English, even if the Tor broser itself is available in
 that locale. That means the metrics are thrown off, if the downlaod page
 was translated to a visitors own language, he is likely to simply pick the
 default while he could just as well have taken the English version. The
 language now seems to get downloaded much more, but that is partly just
 due to conveignience.

 Conclusion:
 The languages for which the download page have been translated will also
 get more downloads of the Tor broser in that language, thus making the
 language seem more important than other languages. This could be resolved
 by modifying the default download url and offering the Tor browser in the
 locale of the visitor instead of in English despite the avaialbility of a
 translated download page.

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