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Book SynopsisDealing with the topic of international user interfaces, this book presents both general guidelines and a number of detailed case studies on the many aspects entailed. It is of interest to project managers, lecturers, students, developers of basic software and user interface designers.
Trade ReviewP. Barker ...the book will make valuable reading for those wishing to design international interfaces. Interactive Media
Table of Contents1. Internationalization and Translation: Some Guidelines for the Design of Human Computer Interfaces (Elisa del Galdo). 2. Transnational Symbols: The rule of Pictograms and Models in the Learning Process (Jakob Ossner). 3. Usability Testing of International Interfaces (Jakob Nielsen). 4. A European Evaluation of Three Document Formats for Hardware Installation Guides (Elisa del Galdo). 5. Two faces of America: Polyglot and Tongue-tied (Robert C. Sprung). 6. ARRIS: Redesigning a User Interface for International Use (Matthew C. Peterson). 7. Hypertext - Towards the Single Intellectual Market (Patricia Baird). 8. Creating International Applications: A Hands-on Approach Using the Hewlett-Packard NLS Package (Dave Taylor). 9. International User Interface for INFOFLEX (Jakob Peter Nielsen). 10. User Interfaces for Asia (Piyawadee Sukaviriya, Lucy Moran). 11. International User Interfaces (Rosalie A. Zobel-Pocock). Subject index.
