Variable missing in language pack "german" ?!

[double]

I can't explain it to me:

Why does my profile show this ":" ?!

[PioneeR]

Looks ok to me. Must be the language pack you are using

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Date Registered:  July 9, 2002, 07:32:31 PM

[David]

Yes, Joseph is working on translations right now.

[double]

ok, great!

[double]

but there's still something:

You lose 1 points!

[andrea]

Looks like not all distributions are containing the same "german.lng". If you take the "german.lng" which is contained in the upgrade install package, the missing text is included.

As reported by others the other install packages seem to contain some older versions where less text is translated and even some texts are missing.

[David]

Looks like not all distributions are containing the same "german.lng". If you take the "german.lng" which is contained in the upgrade install package, the missing text is included.

The other install packages seem to contain an older versions where less text is translated and even some texts are missing.

We're talking about this board.  It was missing the new magic llama text.

[andrea]

Aha. So maybe I misunderstood. However the problem I mentionned is also there, it looks like just the upgrade install package contains the very newest "german.lng", the other packages seem to contain not the same version. (The problem was reported in the german support board.)

[double]

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[Peter Duggan]

@double

If you can save/export a screenshot with block colours like that as a 4 bit (16 colour) GIF or PNG, you'll get crisp colours/text *and* low file size without the JPEG compression artefacts.

[double]

Sorry Peter, my english failes and I don't understand very much

[Peter Duggan]

Apologies in advance if I'm 'teaching my granny to suck eggs' (do you know what that means or is it a peculiarly Scottish expression?):

JPEG's not a good format for graphics with simple block colours and text. The colours come out blotchy at smaller file sizes and the text doesn't look crisp (you can see this in the screenshot in your top post).

For simple things like windows dialogue boxes, logos with block colour and your forum screenshot, GIF and PNG are much better. At 256 or (even better) 16 colours the file sizes come out low as well. Where JPEGs come into their own is for photographs and images with gradient colours. True colour PNGs also make beautiful photographs but the files are usually far too big for the web.

BTW, I'd rarely go below 16 colours even for black and white text because you still need some variation in the available colours to anti-alias (smooth) the edges.

Sorry if I haven't explained it very well or you knew it all already! Perhaps there's a German site somewhere that deals with all this.

[double]

Thanks, now i've understood. But I'm too lazy to change the format now...