- From: Miller, Susan K <susan.k.miller@boeing.com>
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:43:56 -0800
- To: "GEO" <public-i18n-geo@w3.org>
My comment on this section at the bottom ===================================== FAQ: > 2. Include an icon of a globe or map next to the pull-down menu. You cannot expect Web users who are not fluent in English to understand "Select language." Universally recognized icons communicate to people regardless of what language they speak. Over time, the globe icon could be as widely recognized as the shopping cart icon. See the example below from the Philips Web site. (image: philips.jpg) === AP: 8. I don't agree with including example shots of other folk's websites. I think we'd be better off mocking up examples, since commercial sites change design format. RI: I think this is a difficult one. Showing real applications creates immediacy and interest for the reader, and shows that this is not purely theoretical. On the other hand, they can indeed become out of date or even contradicted by later practise on the same site. On the third hand, there are very few sites that do everything perfectly, and this is one in my mind, since it includes text in English too. I think we need more discussion. SM: If we do decide to include them (I admit to reservations, despite Richard's point re: reader interest being very true), I don't think that the Philips example is the one to use as the pull-down lists, for example, "italian" instead of "italiano" and therefore may contradict another best practice in this FAQ.
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