Thread:Talk:Universal Language Selector/Menus vs. input methods/reply (2)

For Option B we are mainly interested in observing whether users that are not familiar with interlanguage links are able to find the language settings when they need them.

That makes sense. I'm noticing in the test plan that we're also testing confusion between interlanguage links vs. language settings. That's great, and if option B fares better in this regard than options A and C, IMO that may outweigh discoverability considerations, especially for a first version of ULS. Accidental introduction of new usability tripwires into the basic "read this article in language FOO" operation would be a major problem as it's such a critical feature.

Regarding input method activation - that's also good to hear. We have quite a few inputs beyond text areas that we'll need to test for any layout wonkiness if we introduce some kind of contextual activation, e.g. the file description fields in Upload Wizard. Narayam works beautifully with those today, BTW :-)