Switcher Function not Logical
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First off, thank you for creating a very cool translator plugin. I have worked with others as well and I really love yours the best.
Regarding my issue (with the switcher):
I am not sure why this is, but normally a switcher (lets take flag for example) would display the flag not of the current language, but the language I can switch to. No matter how I use the switcher, it only shows me the flag of the current (default) language!
Who on earth would want to switch to a language that is already displayed on the website? It absolutely makes no sense!
No matter who I showed the website to in my focus group of about 20 people, almost every one complained they could not find their language (because they only saw the language of the current website).
Same goes for the floating menu. Its such a shame that it is currently unusable, because it only shows the current language until you click on it. Again, all visitors in my focus group did not realize they had to click on the current language to get the other languages. Quite honestly, it also doesn’t make much sense the way it is now…
So if my site is displayed in German by default, the flag in the switcher should show the English flag by default, not the German one. If people want to switch languages, they obviously need the other one not the translation currently displayed on the site.
I understand it might make sense if more than two languages are available, but it certainly makes no sense if you only have two languages (which is probably the case for the majority of websites). Although, showing the flag of the current website makes no sense to me in either scenario.
QUESTION: How can I tell translate press to only show the flag(s) of available languages BUT NOT THE ONE CURRENTLY IN USE??? In want to show it in reverse. This would be the logical way of displaying language option. Show all except the one already displayed. They way it is done now, it confuses people big time.
Cheers!
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