On: Stop Guessing Languages Based on IP Address

[cbit]

there is more then .de in europe and german is not german

for example: you have 3 complete different countrys which all speak german .DE .AT .CH

you need to handle taxes, currencys, even some special characters like: ß street = strasse (CH) = straße (DE,AT)

until they dont implement "choose youre country" on setup of any browser there will not be a replacement for GEOIP

[int_19h → cbit]

> until they dont implement "choose youre country" on setup of any browser there will not be a replacement for GEOIP

There's "choose your country" on setup of your OS, and your browser is perfectly capable of picking that setting up and communicating it to the browser - there's a standard protocol for that.