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Month: July 2015

In search of a better translation icon

July 17, 2015 by John Yunker

A few years ago I wrote about the translation icon and its many variations at that point in time. I thought now would be a good time to revisit this icon. Let’s start with the Google Translate. This icon has not changed …

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Categories Global By Design, Google, Languages, Machine Translation, Microsoft, Translation

Global gateway fail: Qualcomm

July 14, 2015 by John Yunker

Qualcomm supports a mobile-friendly website but doesn’t (yet) support a global-friendly website. Particularly if you’re a visitor who does not speak English. The home page, shown here, includes no evidence of a global gateway. It does exist — you have to click …

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Categories Country Codes, Global By Design, Global gateway fail, Global navigation, Web Globalization

On the importance of date display localization

July 7, 2015 by John Yunker

The proper display of dates for each locale has become relatively trivial with libraries such as Globalize and yet I still encounter websites that don’t get it right. Case in point, I recently visited a tech website looking for a firmware upgrade …

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Categories JavaScript, Software Localization, Web Globalization

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