foreign language display in web

[Paul Hamilton]

Dear Jian,
After fruitlessly fiddling about with both Internet Explorer and Netscape
in order to correctly display languages other than English (but especially
Asian languages) we now use a multilingual browser called 'Tango'
(http://www.alis.com). As a standalone browser it works better than the
'big two' do in with language utilities, which is especially brilliant for
public access workstations. 

Not only does it display non-English characters but also provides browser
interfaces (menus, online help, etc.) and keyboard maps in a wide range of
languages. Comes with its own email client 'Tango Mail', Web pages can be
displayed in over 75 languages. I thoroughly recommend it.


Paul Hamilton, Electronic Resources Librarian
Blue Mountains City Library	||Phone:  +61-2-47510749
104 Macquarie Rd		||Fax:    +61-2-47510752
Springwood NSW 2777	||E-mail: phamilto at pnc.com.au


At 10:48 AM 24/09/97 -0700, Jian Liu wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>We have a web cluster here, running windows 95, with only netscape (right
>now 3.03, later 4.03) on them. More and more people are coming to use
>them, and will download some strange plug-ins or other stuff to read
>newspaper in their native language.
>
>This prompted to think about setting up the cluster to support as many
>foreign lanuages as possible, so they don't need to download anything to
>read their languages. 
>
>Here's what I am thinking of doing, and would like to hear from you first. 
>
>I know emacs 20.1 (or whatever the latest version is) has language support
>of over 20 languages now. I am thinking of downloading all the fonts
>(free, I assume) and install them on the windows 95 machines.
>
>Is this enough to provide language support? Sounds too easy to me. How are
>you doing it? 
>
>If there is enough interest, I'll summarize. 
>
>Thanks
>
>Jian Liu
>Indiana University Libraries
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