Current localization practices suffer from a narrow and static vision of culture resulting in usability problems for IT product and design. To address this problem, this article compares user localization efforts of mobile messaging technology in two different cultural contexts with a new methodology of cultural usability. It calls for expanding the scope of localization practices and linking user localization efforts to the IT product design cycle
With the internationalization of e-commerce, it is no longer viable to design one user interface for...
International audienceSince cultures are liquid processes which consist in partially-shared and evol...
To date, localized user interfaces are still being adapted to one nation, not taking into account cu...
Current localization practices suffer from a narrow and static vision of culture resulting in usabil...
The success of mobile text messaging poses many questions for usability studies. Considering the inh...
This article explores the social meaning of locale in mobile communication research and introduces a...
Localizing user interfaces has been proven beneficial for both user satisfaction and work efficiency...
As the use of cell phones pervades over the world, globalization of user interface (UI) design is em...
The pervasiveness of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) result in a tremendous am...
Global producers of mobile communication devices recognize the importance of cultural differences in...
If you live in America or Western Europe and you speak English, then you have access to and can unde...
Interaction design and usability have become important contributors to economic and cultural develop...
The aims of this paper are 1) to give an overview of major concepts and theories which are useful to...
When you switch on your computer and type up a letter, what language do you see? What about when you...
In this exploratory paper, we analyse the packaged software industry, focussing specifically on usab...
With the internationalization of e-commerce, it is no longer viable to design one user interface for...
International audienceSince cultures are liquid processes which consist in partially-shared and evol...
To date, localized user interfaces are still being adapted to one nation, not taking into account cu...
Current localization practices suffer from a narrow and static vision of culture resulting in usabil...
The success of mobile text messaging poses many questions for usability studies. Considering the inh...
This article explores the social meaning of locale in mobile communication research and introduces a...
Localizing user interfaces has been proven beneficial for both user satisfaction and work efficiency...
As the use of cell phones pervades over the world, globalization of user interface (UI) design is em...
The pervasiveness of the Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) result in a tremendous am...
Global producers of mobile communication devices recognize the importance of cultural differences in...
If you live in America or Western Europe and you speak English, then you have access to and can unde...
Interaction design and usability have become important contributors to economic and cultural develop...
The aims of this paper are 1) to give an overview of major concepts and theories which are useful to...
When you switch on your computer and type up a letter, what language do you see? What about when you...
In this exploratory paper, we analyse the packaged software industry, focussing specifically on usab...
With the internationalization of e-commerce, it is no longer viable to design one user interface for...
International audienceSince cultures are liquid processes which consist in partially-shared and evol...
To date, localized user interfaces are still being adapted to one nation, not taking into account cu...