Language selector: use Accept-Lang or better default for non-authed users

[tomreyn]

The language selector ("Select language") on the top right on this forum defaults to Albanian (first language in the list) for me while I'm not logged in. I think the odds that a non-authenticated visitor to this forum speaks Albanian are lower than for other languages, such as English or Spanish.

That's why I think it would be much better to populate, for unauthenticated users only, this setting from the browsers' Accept-Lang header. If this seems like too much work, setting a site-wide default language which is more widely understood than Albanian (such as English or Spanish) would still be an improvement.

[kat]

He's not wrong...

But, I believe that selector just shows the first available selection, in the list. Nothing more. The forum's English, unless another language is selected.

[tomreyn]

With cookies deleted, all the menus are Albanian (or some other language I don't understand, but it looks like it could be Albanian) for me.

Edit:
Hmm, actually I just tried to reproduce this - and was unable to. I'm entirely sure it was defaulting to Albanian menus at some point during the past few (<=6) months, though.

[kat]

I just tried it, using a browser that I've never used, on this site.

The site was in English. (Well, the Yank version thereof, anyway)

[Arantor]

Yay for bugs in mods that are years old :/