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Cross-Cultural user-experience design

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Aaron MarcusAuthors Info & Claims

Diagrams'06: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Diagrammatic Representation and Inference

Pages 16 - 24

https://doi.org/10.1007/11783183_4

Published: 28 June 2006 Publication History

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Designers of information visualization and user interfaces must take account of culture in the design of metaphors, mental models, navigation, interaction, and appearance. Culture models define dimensions of difference and similarity among groups of people regarding signs, rituals, heroes/heroines, and values. Examples on the Web reveal these dimensions. Developers will increasingly need to take into account culture and other factors in development to better ensure usability, usefulness, and appeal.

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Diagrams'06: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Diagrammatic Representation and Inference

June 2006

300 pages

ISBN:3540356231

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Dave Barker-Plummer
Stanford University,, Stanford, CA
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Richard Cox
Representation and Cognition Group, University of Sussex, Brighton, CA, UK
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Nik Swoboda
Representation and Cognition Group, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, CA, Spain

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