Yet another reason why you should use #Firefox

You can use: #BestViewedInFirefox

  • :lang(\*-Hang)
  • :lang("*-Latn)
  • :lang("zh", "ja", ko")
  • :lang(PT, DE, HE)

If you care about multilingual and multi-script support.

#language #lang #HTML #CSS #WebDev #BrowserWars

    • @[email protected]

      It’s not “Firefox-only” per se, it’s CSS. Firefox is fast when it comes to implementing updates that benefits multilingual and Asian support, and Chromium is either slow, implements a small part only, or just ignores it completely.

      (aside: Another good example is Ruby annotation. Firefox’s implementation of Ruby is up-to-date while Chromium’s stuck in 2010.

      And this is very very annoying, you have to design for Chromium when it comes to Ruby annotations; or use JavaScript to serve different Ruby codes per browser. Chromium is practically the “modern IE6”.)

      It’s the same with :lang().

      In Chromium, you still have to do it like this:

      :lang(en-GB), :lang(en-US), :lang(en-AU), :lang(en-NZ), :lang(en-PH) { }  
      

      In Firefox you can do it this way:

      :lang(en-GB, en-US, en-AU, en-NZ, en-PH) { }  
      

      or

      :lang("en-GB", "en-US", "en-AU", "en-NZ", "en-PH") { }  
      

      Another example, in Chromium:

      :lang(ceb-Tglg), :lang(pam-Tglg), :lang(fil-Tglg) { }
      
      :lang(ceb-Hano), :lang(pam-Hano), :lang(fil-Hano) { }  
      

      In Firefox:

      :lang(\*-Tglg) { }  
      :lang(\*-Hano) { }  
      

      or

      :lang("*-Tglg) { }  
      :lang("*-Hano) { }  
      

      ^_~