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Usability Around
the Globe: Resources
by John S.
Rhodes
Summary:
This page is meant to be a useful and well-rounded list of resources
related to usability around the world. The topics range from appropriate
design for global audiences to developing good local content to effective
global usability testing. The reality is that there is not much information
available. This is perhaps the most comprehensive list available on this
topic. Help feed it, send
us your links.
The List of Resources
Below is a list of
resources that are related to usability around the globe. It is not complete
and will certainly to evolve. However, this list will still help you develop
your site. Please send us
your links!
- WebWord.com -- How to
Localise Your Website: A UK Perspective on Usability (more...)
- System Concepts -- Tips for International usability testing (more...)
- Interface Hall of Shame
-- Globalization Tips (more...)
- Interface Hall of Shame
-- Software Globalization (more...)
- Byte Magazine --
Localizing software is not just a multilingual issue; it's also
multicultural (more...)
- Nancy Hoft -- Case
Studies in International Technical Communication (more...)
- W3C -- World-Wide
Character Sets, Languages, and Writing Systems (more...)
- Alertbox --
International Web Usability (more...)
- Web Techniques --
Internationalizing Your Web Site (more...)
- Builder.com -- Globalize Your Web Site
(more...)
- IBM -- Building
worldwide Web sites (more...)
- Alertbox -- Global
Web: Driving the International Network Economy (more...)
- Alertbox --
International Usability Testing (more...)
- SIGCHI Bulletin -- World-Wide CHI: Cultural User Interfaces, A Silver Lining in Cultural Diversity
(more...)
- Aaron Marcus and
Associates, Inc -- Globalization of User-Interface Design for the
Web (more...)
- Walter Maner -- Internationalization of user interfaces
(more...)
- Content.nu -- Multilingual content
(more...)
- Content.nu -- Multilingualism redux
(more...)
- Wall St. Journal --
E-Tailers Find Global Web Sites Need to Learn Local Languages (more...)
- LISA.org -- Localization
Services Companies (more...)
- LISA.org
-- Globalization Technology and Tool Developers (more...)
- AWRA
-- A Wider World Wide Web: Global Usability and Water Websites (more...)
- ACM SIGCHI -- Intercultural Issues
(more...)
- Translation
Journal -- Translators’ On-Line Resources (more...)
- Language
Automation -- Translation Agencies and Service
Providers (more...)
- E-Groups
-- International usability forum (more...)
- Internet
Society (ISOC)
-- Language as a Barrier (more...)
- Design Shops -- Web
Globalization Trends (more...)
- Wilson Internet --
Marketing Internationally via the Web (more...)
- Xerox -- Challenges
in Designing International User Information (more...)
- Altavista --
Altavista Translations (more...)
- Translation.net --
Translation Software FAQ (more...)
- Design Shops --
Getting Your Translator HTML Savvy (more...)
- Microsoft -- Going Global: Not for the Halfhearted
(more...)
- Unknown -- The
Cultural Politics of Interface Design (more...)
- usability.ru --
Usability in Russia (more...)
- Usability in India
-- A collection of links about usability in India (more...)
Just a quick final note. As you might imagine, we are rapidly building our
expertise in this area. We are also expanding our network or global partners
and affiliates. If you are interested in our usability research and testing,
please visit the WebWord services page.
If you would like to talk with us and start a conversation, send
us an email. Thank you!
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