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Grukni
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#21 - 2012-03-27 17:59:32 UTC
Pepinillos wrote:
Are there any future plans for a Spanish client localization?


Don't hold your breath for it. It seems we, the Spanish speaking people, are a rarity in EVE and thus CCP sees no big potential of growth in this market. I bet we'll see a french localization sooner than in our language.
CCP Shiny
C C P
C C P Alliance
#22 - 2012-03-27 18:07:38 UTC
Grukni wrote:
Pepinillos wrote:
Are there any future plans for a Spanish client localization?


Don't hold your breath for it. It seems we, the Spanish speaking people, are a rarity in EVE and thus CCP sees no big potential of growth in this market. I bet we'll see a french localization sooner than in our language.


Well, Spanish is a possibility but so are a lot of other languages. The question what language to do next and whether to do more localization at all is a pretty complex business decision (one I have little insight into since I am all about the client, not so much about business development) so at this point I am neither going to confirm nor deny that we will do Spanish.

How is that for a straight answer? Twisted

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Gilbaron
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#23 - 2012-03-27 18:11:25 UTC
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises
Otherworld Empire
#24 - 2012-03-27 18:27:40 UTC  |  Edited by: Chribba
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edit/also Sphinx - that's something I've been using on EVE-Search for years, very wicked fast index database.

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Pepinillos
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#25 - 2012-03-27 18:31:08 UTC
CCP Shiny wrote:
Grukni wrote:
Pepinillos wrote:
Are there any future plans for a Spanish client localization?


Don't hold your breath for it. It seems we, the Spanish speaking people, are a rarity in EVE and thus CCP sees no big potential of growth in this market. I bet we'll see a french localization sooner than in our language.


Well, Spanish is a possibility but so are a lot of other languages. The question what language to do next and whether to do more localization at all is a pretty complex business decision (one I have little insight into since I am all about the client, not so much about business development) so at this point I am neither going to confirm nor deny that we will do Spanish.

How is that for a straight answer? Twisted


Thank you for your honest reply!

Actually as a native Spanish speaker I see an unexploited market here. Afterall, Spanish is the second most spoken language in the world, and the main obstacle keeping the Spanish community from growing ingame is the language (a lot of Spanish-speakers don't understand a bit of English). For the record, I know quite a few dudes who would get in the game instantly if it were translated.

Anyhow, thanks again for your answer and lets hope Spanish makes it into the game in the future!
Palovana
Inner Fire Inc.
#26 - 2012-03-27 18:33:47 UTC
CCP Shiny wrote:
Grukni wrote:
Pepinillos wrote:
Are there any future plans for a Spanish client localization?


Don't hold your breath for it. It seems we, the Spanish speaking people, are a rarity in EVE and thus CCP sees no big potential of growth in this market. I bet we'll see a french localization sooner than in our language.


Well, Spanish is a possibility but so are a lot of other languages. The question what language to do next and whether to do more localization at all is a pretty complex business decision (one I have little insight into since I am all about the client, not so much about business development) so at this point I am neither going to confirm nor deny that we will do Spanish.

How is that for a straight answer? Twisted


Might want to pass these links along to any decision-makers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_official_languages#Number_of_countries_with_the_same_official_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_number_of_native_speakers

I'm sure there's more than raw numbers of people and countries who speak a language going into any decisions but Spanish and French are probably good choices.

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Erik Saari
Wholesale Merchants
#27 - 2012-03-27 18:37:33 UTC
Actually, Spanish should have a decent shot as the next language to be supported, i'd guess.

It is a more obvious candidate than French or Portuguese, for example. (by number of speakers and overall purchasing power)

The problem is that its split among more countries, meaning you have more trouble dealing with publishers/payment/legal...
GRIEV3R
Ranger Corp
Vae. Victis.
#28 - 2012-03-27 19:11:23 UTC
From a technical standpoint, this is very impressive work.
From a customer service standpoint, this is a welcome improvement and a great way to attract more business.

Well done CCP! Keep making good decisions and I'll keep giving you my money.
Raketefrau
ConHugeCo
#29 - 2012-03-27 20:16:27 UTC
Can we PLEASE get keyboard focus in searchboxes as part of this?

Anytime you open a window that has a searchbox, keyboard input should default to it. Keyboard input right now is all over the map, you're never sure where it's going to be, and it's often somewhere useless, or not represented at all.
Kandreath
De Re Metallica
#30 - 2012-03-27 21:17:46 UTC
How about fixing the Corp asset search too? I know it's not quite related to this topic, but I find it very frustrating that its behaviour is soooo different to the other searches.
Tek Handle
Vanishing Point.
The Initiative.
#31 - 2012-03-27 21:46:11 UTC

Great! So.. when do we get a useful corporation assets search?
profundus fossura
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#32 - 2012-03-27 22:13:09 UTC
Great work on both fronts, please keep up the flow of useability fixes and +1 for spanish client as well although a native English speaker myself I always enjoy flying with people from other countries and the more languages you can support the better.

+1 for improved corp assets search as well - is there anyway to include assets at a pos as well.
TheSmokingHertog
Julia's Interstellar Trade Emperium
#33 - 2012-03-27 22:16:05 UTC
St Mio wrote:
Eugene Spencer wrote:
I think it'd be cool to have this kind of UI. Makes using the search a whole load easier, and you can use the results easier too :)

I like this!


This, would be nice.

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Crazy KSK
Tsunami Cartel
#34 - 2012-03-27 22:18:16 UTC
good stuff =)

one thing id like to be able to do in all search fields is using common module abbreviations such as LSE for large shield extender, mag stab, nano, dcu etc

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Jejju
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#35 - 2012-03-27 22:38:50 UTC
These little UI improvements are very welcome, but you need to remember to bug fix too.
The asset search functionality was loudly announced and warmly welcomed. Then a later patch broke it* and it still hasn't been fixed.

* If you do two keyword searches at the same time, i.e. for "category: ship region: domain" no results are returned even if you have ships in Domain.
Terrorfrodo
Interbus Universal
#36 - 2012-03-27 22:51:10 UTC
So we'll get more people in the game who cannot communicate in the global lingua franca of this planet. This is a rather mixed blessing. One of the reasons russian players seem like faceless robotic ants to most of the EVE population is that so many of them simply cannot talk to you if you do not speak Russian. (For the record, English is not first language for me, either.)

Well, at least you do not have to be able to understand the other guy to shoot him Twisted

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Masamune Dekoro
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
#37 - 2012-03-27 22:51:14 UTC
Is this a good place to mention that when I right click in space before fully loading a system, some of the options in the menu are in Japanese?

edit: of course it's not.
CCP Shiny
C C P
C C P Alliance
#38 - 2012-03-28 00:07:06 UTC
Masamune Dekoro wrote:
Is this a good place to mention that when I right click in space before fully loading a system, some of the options in the menu are in Japanese?

edit: of course it's not.


Thank you for bringing this up - the best channel to report issues like this is a bug report, but this works, too.

On which server did you observe this behaviour?

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CCP Shiny
C C P
C C P Alliance
#39 - 2012-03-28 00:16:07 UTC
Well - since several have mentioned asset search, let's talk about that: What is it lacking currently from your point of view?

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Abdiel Kavash
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#40 - 2012-03-28 01:11:52 UTC
CCP Ronin wrote:
Nova Fox wrote:
would results sort themselves by most popular?

They're sorted by relevancy to the search term -- Searching for "Bob Jita" should list results like "Bob Jita" and "Jita Bob" above results like "Bobdudeman Awesome Jitalol".


So wait, does this mean that when I search for the character "Bob Jita" in the new search box, I get characters "Bob Jita", "Jita Bob", and the corp "Bober's Jita Supplies" included as results? I hope this is either a joke or there is a way to turn this "feature" off.