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Month: August 2010

See the world: A multilingual eye chart

August 31, 2010 by John Yunker

The latest creation from Byte Level Research, available for purchase at bytelevel.com/eyechart. This unique take on the Snelling eye chart includes characters from more than 20 languages. It’s the perfect …

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Categories Arabic, Global By Design, Languages, Unicode

Hotels.com and its global growth spurt

February 28, 2017August 30, 2010 by John Yunker

In the 2008 Web Globalization Report Card, Hotels.com ranked close to last place in the web services category. In this year’s Report Card, Hotels.com ranked only behind Google and Wikipedia …

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Categories Hotels.com, Travel companies, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Best global retail web site: IKEA

August 26, 2010 by John Yunker

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted findings from the 2010 Web Globalization Report Card, but I did want to include a brief note on the retail sector. We define this industry …

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Categories Retail globalization, Web Globalization, Web Globalization Report Card

Upcoming: Speaking at LocWorld and Unicode Conference

August 15, 2010 by John Yunker

I’m happy to be not only attending but speaking at Localization World and Unicode Conference in October. Here are the details on my sessions: Localization World Seattle, WA October 6: International …

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Categories Events, Unicode

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