Usability and Internationalization of Information Technology by Nuray Aykin

By Nuray Aykin

Individuals from the U.S., Europe, and Asia offer a theoretical starting place and sensible examples and instructions for designing details know-how for various cultures, languages, and fiscal standings, describing equipment that may be used to make sure their usability throughout cultural obstacles. Case reports describe study on cross-cultural layout for kids in a cyber environment, consumer standards in mainland China, and go back and forth making plans on the net. Aykin is affiliated with Siemens company study.

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The Internet is full of stories about who is suing whom for damages, copyrights, privacy issues, and so forth. S. site. Although the server is located in the United States, the French people could access the site and see the Nazi memorabilia being auctioned there (Aykin, 2001). Hongladarom (2000) lists several guidelines regarding messages on the Internet in Thailand. The guidelines state that messages critical of the King and his royal family are absolutely prohibited, and suggest not posting any messages that contain foul language, sexually explicit content, insults, criticism of any religion, or personal data of any kind.

1. OVERVIEW 13 smoking signs, and so on. Horton (chap. 6, this volume) describes the rules on icon design in detail. • Religious references: Unless your site is related directly to religion, it is best to avoid religious references. This way, you do not need to worry about who visits your site and who may be offended by it. It is also important to respect the beliefs and practices of different religions. For example, showing uncovered body parts is not appropriate in Islamic countries. • Culture-specific examples: Referring to culture-specific heroes, symbols, puns, and idioms either may not translate well into other cultures or may be misinterpreted—and both may cause problems.

Physical location of assets: If a company has a physical presence in a country, this office is considered to be legally responsible for any issues regarding the company's web site even if the web site server may not be located in that country. Third-party content: Hosting third-party content or chat lines can become a headache if the content is not monitored carefully. Any offensive material published or advertised becomes the host's liability. For example, eBay was sued by the French government for auctioning Nazi and other racist items to French citizens (Morris, 2000).

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