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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1206064" data-attributes="member: 82144">Okay, here's the thing guys (cutting a potentially long rant short <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ): I understand why you wanted to achieve the effect (ie. remove the &quot;now&quot;/&quot;next&quot; text for the benefit of other Germans and perhaps yourselves), but I hate the way you've done it.I agree with catavolt's comment that &quot;the now and next are superfluous&quot; in all languages. Therefore in my opinion it would have been more appropriate to either:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">modify the code to remove the text for everybody, OR</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">add a setting to make it possible for people who really didn't want the text to not see it, OR</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">answer complaints by explaining how the text can be hacked out (by customising their personal translation file)</li>
</ul>In my opinion modifying the official German translation file would never be an appropriate solution because it's not a German-specific cultural quirk/context. I don't have to be German to know this.I'm very frustrated because I care about the quality of the TV code. It's like &quot;my baby&quot;, and so I never want to see it hacked like this. What's worse is that it seems like you didn't consider any of the possibilities above, and you [still!] consider this &quot;solution&quot; to be appropriate.If I had my way I'd like to immediately revert the change and instead use one of the 3 alternative options given above.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1206064, member: 82144"] Okay, here's the thing guys (cutting a potentially long rant short ;) ): I understand why you wanted to achieve the [I]effect[/I] (ie. remove the "now"/"next" text for the benefit of other Germans and perhaps yourselves), but I hate the way you've done it. I[B] [/B]agree with catavolt's comment that "the now and next are superfluous" [B]in all languages[/B].[B] [/B]Therefore in my opinion it would have been more appropriate to either: [LIST] [*]modify the code to remove the text for everybody, OR [*]add a setting to make it possible for people who really didn't want the text to not see it, OR [*]answer complaints by explaining how the text can be hacked out (by customising their [B]personal[/B] translation file) [/LIST] In my opinion modifying the official German translation file would [B]never [/B]be an appropriate solution [B]because it's not a German-specific cultural quirk/context[/B]. I don't have to be German to know this. I'm very frustrated because I care about the quality of the TV code. It's like "my baby", and so I never want to see it hacked like this. What's worse is that it seems like you didn't consider any of the possibilities above, and you [still!] consider this "solution" to be appropriate. If I had my way I'd like to immediately revert the change and instead use one of the 3 alternative options given above. [/QUOTE]

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