Web Rush

Episode 82: i18n and l10n with N3i M3r

Episode Summary

What is i18n and l10n? Naomi Meyer talks with John, Ward, and Dan about accessibility and internationalization, why we should care about them, advice for designers, what to do about ALT text, and whether it's worth the extra time and effort.

Episode Notes

Recording date: 2020-03-24

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Naomi Meyer @Nae_Ohmi

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Resources:

• What's the difference between i18n and l10n?
• I18n on Azure
• Video of Naomi Meyer presening i18n and l10n at AngularConnect
• intl object in javascript
• intl object in caniuse.com
• React Intl
• Angular i18n
• Vue i18n
• Svelte i18n
• Spectrum International Design
• What every JavaScript developer should know about Unicode
• momentJS
• React Berlin Data Visualizations and Internationalization
• Date Fns - Date library
• Content Localization on Azure
• CodeTour VS Code Extension
• The VS Code Extension for Code Tour by Jonathan Carter

Timejumps

• 02:44 Guest introduction
• 04:52 What are the terms we're talking about?
• 10:01 Why should we care about this?
• 11:10 Sponsor: Narwhal
• 11:43 Advice for designers building sites
• 16:35 What about ALT text?
• 27:30 Is it worth the extra time and investment?
• 33:28 Sponsor: Ag Grid
• 34:27 How do I work with unicode?
• 39:41 Final thoughts