<div dir="ltr">At the time i used Windows more regularly, I preferred, whenever possible to use the Hebrew version of the software, including Hebrew OS menus and application menus. This was not a coincidence. The localization of Windows was the best you can think of, and I think we should pay tribute to Microsoft for doing this.<br>
<br>The situation is different with Linux: the Hebrew menus are confusing at best. They use inconsistent terminology, and, worse from my perspective, they feature embarrassing Hebrew mistakes and colloquialism. In using Linux in Hebrew, I find these do distracting that I loose focus.<br>
<br>Likewise, the tools for preparing Hebrew documents are not as good as those offered by the Microsoft environment. Still, I think we should make the effort of producing preliminary Hebrew documentation for our students. There is plenty of English documentation out there, and there is no hope for us to compete with these - students can find the material in English if they wish to. The difficulty is that they not always have this initial motivation. Our Hebrew documentation should serve in bridging the gap.<br>
<br>There was a Hebrew presentation that Shahar made on introducing Linux to students. I hope it will make it into the wiki soon. I also sent out to this list a document I made with 10 tips for beginners in Hebrew. I hope it was posted despite the ban on attachements.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Shahar Dag <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dag@cs.technion.ac.il">dag@cs.technion.ac.il</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; text-align: left;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">I think that the standard behavior should be that
all internal documents are in Hebrew (after all this is our language) and all
international documents should be in English.</font></p>
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many professional terms (which are in English) that make an Hebrew document hard
to write & read.</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; direction: ltr; text-align: left;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Shahar dag</font></p>
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