Ewa: If you have not already done so, you should contact
Dr. Vanessa Evers Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences Dept. of Social Science Informatics (SWI) University of Amsterdam Roeterstraat 15 1018 WB Amsterdam the Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 5256795 Fax: +31 20 5256896 Email: evers@swi.psy.uva.nl
Dr. Evers presented some excellent work on issues of cultural differences and interface design at CATaC'98, and continues to research this area. If you haven't already reviewed the CATaC-related literature on this topic, please let me know and I'll send you a bibliography and list of researchers working in this area. Good luck! And please think about presenting your findings at CATaC'04! Cheers, Charles Ess Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies Drury University 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html Co-chair, CATaC: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/ Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23
From: Ewa Callahan <ecallaha@indiana.edu> Reply-To: air-l@aoir.org Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 18:18:02 -0500 To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Cultural issues in Interface design
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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