How to use navigator.language/browserLanguage 1

[j4606]

I've been searching for a way to redirect users to a website with their preferred browsing language.

The code seems simple enough.

 var userLang = (navigator.language) ? navigator.language : navigator.browserLanguage;

The above works but when I go into my language options in both ie and firefox, and change my language preference, userLang still alerts to en-US. I want to stay away from ie only properties such as systemLanguage.

I can't really find to much documentation on the subject anyone have any info on this or an example I can view?

I thought changing my preferred language would change my userLang var. I notice that if I change my preferred lang google redirects me to a site with that lang I want to emulate that behavior with out having to use http header values.

 

[feherke]

Hi

Such detections and redirects should be done on server side. The [tt]navigator.language[/tt] is the browser's interface language, not the user's preference. The settings for the preferred document language is not accessible from JavaScript.

Feherke.

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