- From: Jony Rosenne <rosennej@qsm.co.il>
- Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:48:56 +0200
- To: "'Rotan Hanrahan'" <Rotan.Hanrahan@MobileAware.com>, <www-international@w3.org>
- Cc: <www-di@w3.org>, <bidi@unicode.org>
Please consider right to left cultures. Jony > -----Original Message----- > From: www-international-request@w3.org > [mailto:www-international-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Rotan Hanrahan > Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 12:49 PM > To: www-international@w3.org > Cc: www-di@w3.org > Subject: Web page layouts in different cultures - question from DIWG > > > > At a recent meeting of the Device Independence Working Group > (W3C-DIWG) we discussed the issue of page layouts, and how to > represent/process them when adapting content for different > devices. Our perception of page layouts is based mostly on > our Western experience of such pages, as such people are in > the majority in our group. Typically: logo and ads on the > top, navigation down the left, copyright at the bottom, > scrolling the page is vertical etc... > > However, we were concerned that such layouts may not be > representative of the non-Western world. I am seeking > references to information about this topic. If it turns out > that the Western ideas of page layouts are broadly compatible > with the ideas of page layout around the world, then there is > no issue for us to worry about. > > (For immediate response from DI to any relevant ideas on this > issue, please email the www-di public mailing list.) > > Thank you. > > ---Rotan Hanrahan (member DI, chair DD, ACRep MobileAware) > > > >
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