IxDA - language http://www.ixda.org/taxonomy/term/3303/0 en Terminology: Favorite vs. Bookmark vs. QuickLink in social software http://www.ixda.org/node/32942 <p>Hello all,</p><div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://www.ixda.org/node/32942" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.ixda.org/node/32942#comments language terminology http://www.ixda.org/crss/node/32942 Tue, 29 May 2012 22:32:41 +0000 mswanson1524 32942 at http://www.ixda.org Making technical terms more descriptive http://www.ixda.org/node/28456 <p>How do you find the best name or title for a function in an application? For example, if creating software for sound&nbsp;editing&nbsp;- many traditional audio terms are very technical, such as "normalization", "amplitude envelope", "dynamic compression" etc. For a novice user, these terms don't say much about what will happen to the sound. Might it be desirable to come up with new, more descriptive terms for these things, despite the risk of confusing advanced users who already know the technical terms? How would one find a term that as many users as possible can understand?</p><div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://www.ixda.org/node/28456" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.ixda.org/node/28456#comments audio description language usertesting wording http://www.ixda.org/crss/node/28456 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:39:53 +0000 tobr 28456 at http://www.ixda.org Terminology - See vs. View, Find vs. Search http://www.ixda.org/node/26921 <p>Does anybody have research showing which terms are better for call to action on a website that we can use consistently across tasks? I'm talking about action within the site, so the link would say either "Search for a gold parachute" or "Find a gold parachute."</p><p>Terms we're interested in:</p><ul><li>FInd vs. Search </li><li>See vs. View</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks!</p><div class="og_rss_groups"></div> http://www.ixda.org/node/26921#comments call to action find language search see terminology view http://www.ixda.org/crss/node/26921 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:48:44 +0000 CarolR 26921 at http://www.ixda.org Pragmatic language theory and usability theory... same same or what? http://www.ixda.org/node/20546 <p>Being a product of the school of pragmatic language theory it have<br /> always puzzled me that (some) usability folk are very eager to<br /> distinguish their field from language and semiotic theory.</p> <p>Honstly I don't see a big difference. By removing themselves from<br /> language theory, they are cuting themselves of from several hundreds<br /> of years of research on which they could be building their branch of<br /> communicative theory.</p> <p>- it's all about communicating<br /> - it's all about receivers<br /> - it's all about context</p> <p>What am I missing?</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div> http://www.ixda.org/node/20546#comments language theory tradition http://www.ixda.org/crss/node/20546 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:38:43 +0000 Soren Weimann 20546 at http://www.ixda.org "His/Her" vs. "Their" in website copy http://www.ixda.org/node/20411 <p>Howdy,</p> <p>I'm working on a website targeted primarily at women. In several places we<br /> need to ask for information about the user's significant other. 80%+ of our<br /> visitors are straight women, but we do get the occasional man (gay or<br /> straight) or gay woman.<br /> The team is debating which pronoun to use in field labels - e.g. &quot;Their<br /> Birthday&quot; or &quot;His/Her Birthday&quot;.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://www.ixda.org/node/20411" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.ixda.org/node/20411#comments language http://www.ixda.org/crss/node/20411 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:47:55 +0000 Christopher Rider 20411 at http://www.ixda.org Best practices for Country location and languages on Global Websites (was Language Picker) http://www.ixda.org/node/20069 <p>Jason,</p> <p>Did you read my mind I was just about to send out a similar post.</p> <p>My line of thought was about best practices on how users select countries and languages on global websites. </p> <p>A few questions...<br /> Should sites auto detect IP addresses and serve default settings according to country, language?<br /> Should users have ability to chose their preferred country and language preferences off a splash page as in Ikea.com on a first visit (and/or subsequent visits) and have the ability to change at will?</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://www.ixda.org/node/20069" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.ixda.org/node/20069#comments i18n language http://www.ixda.org/crss/node/20069 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:27:14 +0000 Catriona Lohan-Conway 20069 at http://www.ixda.org Sort order for listing languages in setup / settings http://www.ixda.org/node/20016 <p>Two projects in a row where I need a list of languages available on<br /> the device, either for setup or settings. Possible options:</p> <p>Alphabetically, by native language name.<br /> But where do non-phoenician alphabet languages go in that list? Sub<br /> in their English language (so Chinese is written in Chinese, but<br /> placed in the list as if it was &quot;Chinese&quot;)?</p> <p>By likelihood of use. Seems somewhat arbitrary, and the least<br /> apparent to the user.</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div><p><a href="http://www.ixda.org/node/20016" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.ixda.org/node/20016#comments i18n language lists http://www.ixda.org/crss/node/20016 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:51:25 +0000 Michael Jones 20016 at http://www.ixda.org Field labels for non-native speakers of English http://www.ixda.org/node/19177 <p>Hi all,</p> <p>I'm currently involved in a redesign of a registration form aimed primarily<br /> at native English speakers, but with increasing use by non-native speakers,<br /> especially from Asia. Unfortunately, using non-english labels is out of<br /> scope for the time being.</p> <p>Has anyone come across research on which name field labels are most readily<br /> understood by non-native speakers?</p> <p>a) surname, last name, family name<br /> b) given name, first name</p> <p>Any recommendations on these or other easily confused form labels would be<br /> much appreciated.</p> <p>Thanks, Marcus</p> <div class="og_rss_groups"></div> http://www.ixda.org/node/19177#comments culture language registrationform http://www.ixda.org/crss/node/19177 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:12:45 +0000 Marcus Coghlan 19177 at http://www.ixda.org