Internationalization and localization: Evaluating and testing a Website for Asian users

Ergonomics

Volumn 46, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 255-270

  Rau, Pei Luen Patrick ^a   Liang, Sheau Farn Max ^b  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HONEYWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Internationalization and localization; User centred design; Website usability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED LOGIC DESIGN; HEURISTIC METHODS; PERFORMANCE; USABILITY ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

USER-CENTERED DESIGN METHODS;

WEBSITES;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER LANGUAGE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; ADULT; BIOENGINEERING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONSUMER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; STUDENT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DATA DISPLAY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; STUDENTS; TAIWAN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0037440076     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130303527     Document Type: Article

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