[Air-l] Cultural issues in Interface design

Ewa Callahan ecallaha at indiana.edu
Tue Apr 29 16:18:02 PDT 2003


Hello,

I am working on a project on the role of culture in interface design.
I gathered extensive literature on the subject, but I am also looking
for real life examples. Has anyone experienced some
problems/misunderstandings working with computers due to the fact that
the interface was desinged in different culture, and would like to
share it with me? I am practically looking at everything: idioms,
linguistic or graphical metaphores, problems with navigation or
organization of information, technical problems with entering data,
problems the designers/programers can encounter.  I am not gathering
data for any specific publication, I would just like to know what are
the real problem areas, and what other computer/internet users have
experienced.

Thank you,
Ewa Callahan  

P.S. Please indicate in responce where are you from or what culture
you identify yourself with.




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