Category Software Localization

Counting in Tongues

HTML has long supported the ability to create numbered lists simply by using the <ol><li></li></ol> tags. But these tags are rather limited if you are developing websites for the world. How, for example, do you support Asian numbering systems? That’s…

Taking Mobile Global: Tips for Aligning Mobile and Global Web Strategies

Here’s a new article I’ve written for UX Magazine on the importance of aligning global and mobile strategies. Too often, companies develop mobile apps and mobile websites without considering localization requirements. Here are two previous articles I’ve written for UX Magazine: Select…

The next Internet revolution will not be in English

This visual depicts about half of the currently approved internationalized domain names (IDNs), positioned over their respective regions. Notice the wide range of scripts over India and the wide range of Arabic domains. I left off the Latin country code…