Language switch button

[jo-spek]

Ground gets displayed in English / French / Spanish / Portuguese based on the users system locale.

If it is not too much work to implement at the moment, it would be nice to have a language switch button.

(First suggested in #2676. Other FR closed because it was also about French translations which exist now.)

[gino-m]

This would mostly likely be an option in the settings screen, and perhaps a dropdown during sign-in rather than a button per se. Flagging for review.

[jo-spek]

This would mostly likely be an option in the settings screen, and perhaps a dropdown during sign-in rather than a button per se. Flagging for review.

Oh yes, this doesn't have to be a button specifically. Just a setting that can be triggered one way or another.

[gino-m]

This would mostly likely be an option in the settings screen, and perhaps a dropdown during sign-in rather than a button per se. Flagging for review.

Oh yes, this doesn't have to be a button specifically. Just a setting that can be triggered one way or another.

Iiuc @kenstershiro will be responsible for turning these feature requests into actual CUJs, but might be helpful to start thinking in those terms anyway: https://carlinyuen.medium.com/framing-ux-concepts-for-your-team-cujs-use-cases-personas-e5767a3878a6

tl;dr: <user role X> <wants to achieve goal Y> <optionally: because Z>, for ex: Data collectors want to see the UI in a language other than their device language because <explain why device language might not be the language they want>.

[kenstershiro]

Hey @jo-spek , could you help provide use cases where this would be useful, in order to prioritise the feature request appropriately? A couple I can think of are:
a) As a tester of Ground app and website
I want to be able to easily change language from the site/app
so that I can test the coverage and correctness of terms in another language
b) As a user with a device locale in a different language to that being used by other survey participants
I want to be able to easily change language from the site/app
so that I can see the survey in the same language as participants
c) As a user that speaks multiple languages, with a device locale set to a non supported Ground language
I want to be able to easily change language from the site/app
so that I can use Ground in a supported language

[jo-spek]

Hi @kenstershiro.
This is not of major importance, but c) is a very valid case. When first introducing this idea I wasn't aware that the language is automatically determined based on the users system locale, so I figured this solution would be easier.
Implementation of a button like this should be relatively simple and straightforward, but since adaptation to the system locale works, this currently is of no priority. I might look into it in the next months, but we can ice-box it for now.

[kenstershiro]

Thanks @jo-spek , icebox or keep it as a P2? I think another advantage of a language selector is making it clearer which languages are supported. By defaulting to the system language users don't know the possibility exists to change language.