Multilingual websites evaluation: methodology and heuristic tool
Keywords:
Usabilidad, Evaluación heurística, Localización, Internacionalización, Multilingí¼ismo, WebAbstract
Theincresingamount of multilingualwebsiteshave lead toorganismliketheWorld Wide Web Consortium (W3C) tocreatesomerecommendationstohelpwebsites in theinternacionalization and localizationprocess. One of themainaspectsisusability in thesense of designingwebsitesfromtheuserperspective. In thispaper, theauthorscollect and describe 24 criteriathe web designersshould be aware of, and offeranevaluationtoolformultilingualwebsites. Thetoolconsist of a list of indicators, eachonewith a severity grade assigned, in ordertoobtain a mesure of thefoundproblems. Evenitisnot a quantitativeevaluationtool, itisusefultodetectwhichaspectsshould be fixed and thepriority of eachone.Downloads
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