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In Tools:Options:Languages, does the language on a page have preference?

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The Pop-Up Window is not clear about this, and assumes I already know the answer.

The Pop-Up Window is not clear about this, and assumes I already know the answer.

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That setting (pref: intl.accept_languages) is send to the web server as part of the HTTP response header and it is up to that web server to decide whether to use that data and present the site in the first language in that string. A server can decide not to honor that choice and ignore it.

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That setting (pref: intl.accept_languages) is send to the web server as part of the HTTP response header and it is up to that web server to decide whether to use that data and present the site in the first language in that string. A server can decide not to honor that choice and ignore it.

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Thanks!