Comments on: Minimalism in global gateways http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/11/18/minimalism-in-global-gateways/ Adventures in Web Globalization Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:16:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Michal Boleslav Měchura http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/11/18/minimalism-in-global-gateways/comment-page-1/#comment-34629 Michal Boleslav Měchura Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:57:07 +0000 http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2394#comment-34629 It's easy to design a minimalistic gateway if your language support is also minimalistic -- namely, just two languages. It’s easy to design a minimalistic gateway if your language support is also minimalistic — namely, just two languages.

]]> By: John Yunker http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/11/18/minimalism-in-global-gateways/comment-page-1/#comment-34456 John Yunker Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:03:43 +0000 http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2394#comment-34456 Language negotiation is very useful and I often recommend it as well, but it too has its flaws. You always need some visual gateway in the event the user is traveling, on a different computer, etc. Also, to prevent users from hitting this page repeatedly, many sites simply use cookies to capture the language preference. Language negotiation is very useful and I often recommend it as well, but it too has its flaws. You always need some visual gateway in the event the user is traveling, on a different computer, etc.

Also, to prevent users from hitting this page repeatedly, many sites simply use cookies to capture the language preference.

]]> By: Gunnar Bittersmann http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/11/18/minimalism-in-global-gateways/comment-page-1/#comment-34446 Gunnar Bittersmann Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:20:46 +0000 http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=2394#comment-34446 Simple? Not really. Simple for the user would be no such page at all. “Unfortunately, some sites always return this special page (for the home page) instead of implementing language negotiation. This forces everyone to always go through that page while offering no apparent advantage. Bad human factors design.” [link]http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-when-lang-neg[/link] Simple? Not really.

Simple for the user would be no such page at all.

“Unfortunately, some sites always return this special page (for the home page) instead of implementing language negotiation. This forces everyone to always go through that page while offering no apparent advantage. Bad human factors design.” [link]http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-when-lang-neg[/link]

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