From a practical UX standpoint I agree with you; but here's a counterpoint.
I actually somewhat enjoyed it when I traveled to Europe (say, France) and I get on Google (whether on my laptop or at a hostel computer) and see it in French. I don't understand a word of French. But it makes the digital experience (Google) match the physical experience (e.g. street signs) and makes me feel more immersed in my travel. It's like "Hey, I'm in France now, I need to learn some French words."
Yes but I feel like that should be an option and it is not most cases. When I first moved to Spain, I changed my laptop to Spanish and when I was in France I put my mobile phone in French. But because I know something of that language. If I go to Russia... I won't be ableto even click anything :)
I see what you're saying, but it quickly loses its romanticism once you permanently move to a country where you are not fluent in the primary language and you have to do that every single day countless times a day. :)
Even if we strive to learn the native language, as we should if we are living there full-time, sometimes (often) you want to just get the info on the net you need quickly. Your whole life and every second in it doesn't need to be a language lesson.
Also, if you are logged on Google, let's say, and you want that immersion, you can just change your google settings to French. But while your settings are to English, why disrespect it?
Think if it was the other ways around, if it was your device that would change the system language every time you travel to another country, and image that you will travel to some country in Asia. How romantic would that be?
How will you be able to find Settings and change language to your prefer.
For me, I hate when I go to website and it displays it content in something that I don't understand and there is Nothing in English for you to be able to change the language. The only way is to close that website and sometimes this is very important website that you need to use....
If this was the default behavior on Android or IOS, then these devices would be totally useless when traveling.
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From a practical UX standpoint I agree with you; but here's a counterpoint.
I actually somewhat enjoyed it when I traveled to Europe (say, France) and I get on Google (whether on my laptop or at a hostel computer) and see it in French. I don't understand a word of French. But it makes the digital experience (Google) match the physical experience (e.g. street signs) and makes me feel more immersed in my travel. It's like "Hey, I'm in France now, I need to learn some French words."
Yes but I feel like that should be an option and it is not most cases. When I first moved to Spain, I changed my laptop to Spanish and when I was in France I put my mobile phone in French. But because I know something of that language. If I go to Russia... I won't be ableto even click anything :)
I see what you're saying, but it quickly loses its romanticism once you permanently move to a country where you are not fluent in the primary language and you have to do that every single day countless times a day. :)
Even if we strive to learn the native language, as we should if we are living there full-time, sometimes (often) you want to just get the info on the net you need quickly. Your whole life and every second in it doesn't need to be a language lesson.
Also, if you are logged on Google, let's say, and you want that immersion, you can just change your google settings to French. But while your settings are to English, why disrespect it?
This, almost exactly what my thoughts are.
Think if it was the other ways around, if it was your device that would change the system language every time you travel to another country, and image that you will travel to some country in Asia. How romantic would that be?
How will you be able to find Settings and change language to your prefer.
For me, I hate when I go to website and it displays it content in something that I don't understand and there is Nothing in English for you to be able to change the language. The only way is to close that website and sometimes this is very important website that you need to use....
If this was the default behavior on Android or IOS, then these devices would be totally useless when traveling.