[awkward]

That's assuming users aren't resetting their locale. It's not uncommon for non english users to assume that the english version of a site is the real deal and their version is an inferior localization done by some backbenchers at whatever company made it.

For example, here's a story about how the majority of power users in Poland use an english keyboard with specialized key bindings, because using a polish keyboard marks you as a n00b: https://medium.com/medium-eng/the-curious-case-of-disappeari...

[angersock]

It's. Lazy. Programming.

[collyw]

Laziness is a virtue for programmers.

[awkward]

Yes. And folks have been trained to think that everyone not coding for en-us is double lazy.

[angersock]

There are several different ways, say a currency dropdown, that could hint on how to parse free-text input.

However, blaming the user for doing what makes sense is not helpful.

[awkward]

I think we're in violent agreement here - I'm trying to get across that "just use locale" doesn't necessarily mean that you're done your UI.