This article discusses a series of cross-cultural usability studies run with Spanish speaking immigrants to the U.S., looking in particular at their special characteristics and challenges.
World Usability Day 2006 festivities varied with social and professional cultures that celebrated the day. Several cities organized design competitions to redesign existing systems that maximize usability.
With events across forty countries and five continents, outstanding media coverage, and feedback from organizers and volunteers, World Usability Day 2006 were deemed a huge success.
For international organizations, feedback from users at the local level is essential to product success. Organizing multinational events and sharing the results can help achieve business goals.
China has many possibilities when designing for emerging markets, for example, improving the quality of communication between migrant worker parents and their children.
Since the study of user experience is a source for technological innovation and building a human-centered society, we expect a bright future for usability in China.
China has advanced rapidly in the usability field. In several senses, China has opened up to the world, and opportunities are there for the global usability professional community.
Because usability is at its beginning stages in Hong Kong, there are great opportunities here to learn more about Eastern users and their needs.
There is a long history of usability testing, in practice if not in name, in Japan. Professional organizations for usability, outside of the academic context, are just taking off.
New Zealand, traditionally an early adopter of technology, is seen as a great “test location” by many companies. Awareness of the business benefits of usability is growing.