A user reported: "All the Java interaction windows on my system are in an incomprehensible fonts which shows only question marks instead of characters. I have posted a screenshot on my blog, which I think you should see - it's very hard to explain. http://raggedsign.blogs.com/caveatdumptruck/2011/10/caveat-language-identity-ambiguity-syndrome.html"
This shows welcome panel with question-mark characters where text should be; This looks like a language-compatibility issue with the Korean Language
Update from the user (Through Incident Manager as well as Blog):
The reason I used the term "Language Identity Ambiguity Syndrome" is because my computer seems to be very confused. It's a Korean knock-off brand (Jooyontech) desktop running Windows 7 Home (K) [K is for Korea, presumably].
All of its OS interactivity is in the Korean language. Yet its "locale" is "USA" (actually, it says ¿¿, which is Korean for USA) and its "language" is "¿¿" (which is Korean for English). Interesting, right? The computer thinks it's in the USA and that its language is English, but it presents this information in Korean only.
Ultimately, this seems to be more of a Microsoft problem, I would guess, than a Java problem. The Java problem only lies in how inelegantly Java deals with it. Presenting question marks (which is probably some misinterpretation of unicode?) makes the software unusable, whereas presenting in either Korean, or English, in seemingly random fashion (which is how most of my software deals with this strange set up I have) is preferable.
Update from the user (Through incident Manager and Blog):
The reason I used the term "Language Identity Ambiguity Syndrome" is because my computer seems to be very confused. It's a Korean knock-off brand (Jooyontech) desktop running Windows 7 Home (K) [K is for Korea, presumably].
All of its OS interactivity is in the Korean language. Yet its "locale" is "USA" (actually, it says ¿¿, which is Korean for USA) and its "language" is "¿¿" (which is Korean for English). Interesting, right? The computer thinks it's in the USA and that its language is English, but it presents this information in Korean only.
Ultimately, this seems to be more of a Microsoft problem, I would guess, than a Java problem. The Java problem only lies in how inelegantly Java deals with it. Presenting question marks (which is probably some misinterpretation of unicode?) makes the software unusable, whereas presenting in either Korean, or English, in seemingly random fashion (which is how most of my software deals with this strange set up I have) is preferable.
This shows welcome panel with question-mark characters where text should be; This looks like a language-compatibility issue with the Korean Language
Update from the user (Through Incident Manager as well as Blog):
The reason I used the term "Language Identity Ambiguity Syndrome" is because my computer seems to be very confused. It's a Korean knock-off brand (Jooyontech) desktop running Windows 7 Home (K) [K is for Korea, presumably].
All of its OS interactivity is in the Korean language. Yet its "locale" is "USA" (actually, it says ¿¿, which is Korean for USA) and its "language" is "¿¿" (which is Korean for English). Interesting, right? The computer thinks it's in the USA and that its language is English, but it presents this information in Korean only.
Ultimately, this seems to be more of a Microsoft problem, I would guess, than a Java problem. The Java problem only lies in how inelegantly Java deals with it. Presenting question marks (which is probably some misinterpretation of unicode?) makes the software unusable, whereas presenting in either Korean, or English, in seemingly random fashion (which is how most of my software deals with this strange set up I have) is preferable.
Update from the user (Through incident Manager and Blog):
The reason I used the term "Language Identity Ambiguity Syndrome" is because my computer seems to be very confused. It's a Korean knock-off brand (Jooyontech) desktop running Windows 7 Home (K) [K is for Korea, presumably].
All of its OS interactivity is in the Korean language. Yet its "locale" is "USA" (actually, it says ¿¿, which is Korean for USA) and its "language" is "¿¿" (which is Korean for English). Interesting, right? The computer thinks it's in the USA and that its language is English, but it presents this information in Korean only.
Ultimately, this seems to be more of a Microsoft problem, I would guess, than a Java problem. The Java problem only lies in how inelegantly Java deals with it. Presenting question marks (which is probably some misinterpretation of unicode?) makes the software unusable, whereas presenting in either Korean, or English, in seemingly random fashion (which is how most of my software deals with this strange set up I have) is preferable.
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JDK-7159003 korean language does not render properly on the installation dialog
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