Creating a world-ready web design
Just a quick note to announce a new article I’ve written for UX Magazine. I hope you find it useful — and please let me know what you think. PS: …
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The Rise and Fall of Web Globalization
According to my search on “web globalization” in Google Timeline: I’m not sure I agree with this graph, but those were some heady days back in 2000. From my humble …
United Airlines doesn’t speak Arabic
I wanted to highlight a great catch made by commenter Ben to my earlier post on United’s in-flight navigation system, shown here: If you look closely at the lower right …
Web Globalization Certificate Program at St. Louis University
Professor Nitish Singh, author of The Culturally Customized Web Site, has just launched a certificate program in Web globalization management through St. Louis University. You can learn more at www.globalizationexecutive.com.
Taking Web forms global
Web form usability expert Luke Wroblewski provides a very handy article on the challenges of developing Web input forms that work in various countries. Data input and output is where …
Google provides a bit of multilingual Web site advice
It’s not much, but it’s a start. Basically, Google says you don’t necessarily have to register a country code for each country Web site (though it certainly helps). But if …
Web globalization and the small business
The falling dollar is forcing a lot of small business owners to focus their marketing efforts outside of the US.The New York Times weighs in with a good article on …
Web globalization predictions: 2008 and beyond
As we come to the end of 2007, it is safe to say that Web globalization has evolved from an ancillary activity to a core piece of the marketing puzzle …