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[Bug 232259] wrong browser language in javascript

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From: Pedro Villavicencio <pedro@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 17:47:05 -0000
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We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need
to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments.
Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't
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the Status back to New. Thanks again!.

** Changed in: epiphany-browser (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Invalid

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Title:
  wrong browser language in javascript

Status in “epiphany-browser” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “xulrunner-1.9” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: epiphany-browser

  Even if i've set italian as my default language the Javascript variable navigator.language is always 'en'.
  This cause some italian sites show their english version to me rather then their default home page.

  See for example www.beppegrillo.it, probably the most famous and
  visited italian blog.

  Also putting an onload Javascript function like this:

   var language = '';
   if (navigator.appName == 'Netscape')
      language = navigator.language;
   else
      language = navigator.browserLanguage;

   if(language != 'X') show_english_version

  appears to be a common pratice.

  To reproduce the bug set italian language in preferences (i've not
  tested the behaviour with different languages) and open an html page
  containing:

  <HTML>
  <SCRIPT language=JavaScript>

  function test()
  {
   var language = '';
   if (navigator.appName == 'Netscape')
      language = navigator.language;
   else
      language = navigator.browserLanguage;

  var fRet;
  alert('language = ' + language);
  }

  </SCRIPT>
  <BODY>
  <a href=javascript:test(); >show language</a>
  </BODY>
  </HTML>

  Then click the link.

  Other info:
  release
    Description:	Ubuntu 8.04
    Release:	8.04

  epiphany version: 2.22.1.1 gecko-1.9

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Tue May 20 18:06:23 2008
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/epiphany-gecko
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: epiphany-gecko 2.22.1.1-0ubuntu1
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
   LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: epiphany-browser
  Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

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