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firefox-3.0 package

Firefox navigator.language always return en-US

Bug #117915 reported by Paco Avila
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firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox

My locale is es_ES.UTF-8, my list of preferred langs is es-es, es, en-us, en. But this Javascript code returns en-US:

   alert("navigator.language: "+navigator.language);

Why? It should return es-ES (or es-es).

TESTCASE:
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Set your default language to something different than the locale
2a. access navigator.language javascript property
2b. or access http://gemal.dk/browserspy/language.html

Actual Results:
you get your locale

Expected Results:
you should get the default language

See original description
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Caspar Clemens Mierau (leitmedium) wrote :

This bug can be easily confirmed by using:
http://gemal.dk/browserspy/language.html
after changing firefox accepted languages to non en_US.

This bug has been reported before upstream but was also reported to be fixed. See:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285267

Please check if a patch for this bug needs to be synched from upstream.

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Paco Avila (monkiki) wrote :

I've diggin in this error and if i go to "about:config", the property "general.useragent.locale" is set to "en-US". But my locale is es_ES.UTF-8, so why is this property set to en-US by default?

Hilario J. Montoliu (hjmf) (hmontoliu)
Changed in firefox:
assignee: nobody → mozilla-bugs
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in firefox:
status: Unknown → Rejected
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Epper (m-epper) wrote :

I can confirm this strange behaviour

Firefox/2.0.0.4 - Ubuntu-feisty

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :

Would like some more testing done on this bug with ubuntus firefox and upstream firefox. I will see if we can get upstream bug reopened once we have more testing done with both firefoxs stated above. Tagging mt-needtester

Changed in firefox:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
John Vivirito (gnomefreak)
description: updated
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in firefox:
status: Rejected → Confirmed
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Jean-Philippe (skateinmars) wrote :

I can confirm this bug on feisty and firefox 2.0.0.5 from the ubuntu repositories.
My locale is fr-FR but the general.useragent.locale property is en-US.

The bug is also reopened upstream.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in firefox:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :

This is fixed in 3.0 as i recall, not sure why upstream bug didnt mrak bug as resolved. Firefox 2.0 will never see this fix.

Changed in firefox (Ubuntu):
assignee: mozilla-bugs → nobody
Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki) wrote :

Reopening, appeared back in jaunty. See bug #353924.

Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → Confirmed
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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :

Marked as a duplicate for bug #353924

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote :

Once other bug is fixed this will be fixed.

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