Whats so hard` about clicking the Link which redirects you to the google homepage in English.
For those complaining when a Language like Swahili is gaining more relevance in the dissemination of
ideas and knowledge don't really grasp the significance of Lang in advancing human knowledge.Rgds
M
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@ Brainiac, i think the problem is user friendliness according to the O.B,
the complainant raised an issue that the language in question (swahili) was
too difficult so we are looking at the pros and cons of having swahili as
the default language of google.co.ke, but a lister has pointed out that it
is easy to switch to english, which solves the problem. Charges dropped!!
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:57 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com>wrote:
> Just wait a minute guys, are we assuming that a modern day user of google
> would be lost because of the handfold of phrases in swahili? i mean isnt
> google all about typing in the text box and clicking on enter? and
> navigating all about clicking on the O-s in Goooooooooogle.....
>
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:53 PM, James Nzomo <kazikubwa@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> And instead of complaining about it you should be taking this chance to
>> expand the vocab of this language
>> that is native to your motherland!
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On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:07 AM, moses njuguna <moses.w.n@gmail.com> wrote:
> ATT to Google kenya techies, Can you Kindly take google default back to
> English..This business of figuring out what "Wavuti", "Mpangilio wa zana" ,
> "iliyo kwa kache" MEANS is Driving us NUTS..Or better still take the Default
> to the local slang/sheng, otherwise 90% of kenyans dont understand Kiswahili
> Sanifu..
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Shouldn't they instead be detecting your preferred language setting from
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*@Brainiac* Good point this -> "isnt google all about typing in the text
box and clicking on enter?"
*@Anti swa *Did any of you ever consider that the decision to
shift Google ke to swa might have been based on research and not your
personal opinions?
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2011/8/10 [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com>
> I hope one Bwana Mucheru and his ilk are keenly following this discussion,
> cause this particular one seems to have been a top - down decision.
>
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> @Brainiac - True and I have an issue with that too. An example, I did
>> spend a good time of my working life once in Germany and all I got was
>> google.de which defaults to German, and I never even clicked a single
>> advert - not much of a lost revenue, but lost opportunity for me too, dont
>> you think?
>>
>> All am saying, have swahili in .co.ke, have German in .de, have any
>> language in country specific URL, but don't redirect me when I make a
>> request to .com and takes me to the country level specific. And why cant you
>> just make the google.com/ncr to be default?
>>
>> ./Ok3ch
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:44 PM, [ Brainiac ] <arebacollins@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> @okechukwu, whats the default language you would expect for instance
>>> google.cn to be in? and even going by the official and national
>>> languages, both English and Swahili are recognized as the official languages
>>> of Kenya. Which means we are bound to accept it if it comes from either
>>> direction, none is more preferrable based purely on that context.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Timothy Mutugi <timothymutugi@gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I agree with @./Ok3ch
>>>>
>>>> I think someone had also raised the following scenario a few days ago:
>>>> imagine a tourist who has just arrived and wants to use google, they
>>>> will immediately be faced with a language they cannot understand, all
>>>> their search results will be in kiswahili...
>>>>
>>>> So I think Google should put a "Change language" link somewhere...
>>>>
>>>> And then another thing, Kiswahili is also spoken differently all over
>>>> Kenya, very few speak kiswahili sanifu...
>>>>
>>>> I think most of you remember the viral "Marijuana, makapendana,
>>>> makaoana" which is still kiswahili with a kikuyu touch.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 8/10/11, Okechukwu <okechukwu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > Again - discussions missing the point! Its not that anyone hates
>>>> > Kiswahili, very nice language indeed if we could only speak it, but
>>>> > why make swahili the default language for .co.ke? Even before, it
>>>> > existed and you had to choose it if you wanted to, but what actually
>>>> > made them change this? Nothing, completely nothing to do with Swahili
>>>> > being good or bad, and certainly no one said kisitukuzwe *if there's
>>>> > sth like that*
>>>> >
>>>> > ./Ok3ch
>>>> >
>>>> > 2011/8/10 James Nzomo <kazikubwa@gmail.com>:
>>>> >> KISWAHILI KITUKUZWE!
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