Usability and Internationalization. HCI and Culture

1. Part I: Cross-Cultural Design

   1. Designing “Culture” into Modern Product: A Case Study of Cultural Product Design

      • Rungtai Lin, Ming-Xian Sun, Ya-Ping Chang, Yu-Ching Chan, Yi-Chen Hsieh, Yuan-Ching Huang

      Pages 146-153

   2. Digital Archive Database for Cultural Product Design

      • Rungtai Lin, Ricer Cheng, Ming-Xian Sun

      Pages 154-163

   3. Cross-Cultural Understanding of Content and Interface in the Context of E-Learning Systems

      • Abdalghani Mushtaha, Olga De Troyer

      Pages 164-173

   4. Differences in Task Descriptions in the Think Aloud Test

      • Lene Nielsen, Sameer Chavan

      Pages 174-180

   5. The Use of Cognitive and Social Psychological Principles in Field Research: How It Furthers Our Understanding of User Behaviors, Needs and Motivations, and Informs the Product Design Process

      • Krisela Rivera, Elissa Darnell

      Pages 181-185

   6. The Role of Annotation in Intercultural Communication

      • Tomohiro Shigenobu, Kunikazu Fujii, Takashi Yoshino

      Pages 186-195

   7. An Activity Approach to Cross-Cultural Design

      • Huatong Sun

      Pages 196-205

   8. Creating an International Design Team

      • Becky Sundling

      Pages 206-211

   9. Incorporating the Cultural Dimensions into the Theoretical Framework of Website Information Architecture

      • Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Mohd Isa, Nor Laila Md Noor, Shafie Mehad

      Pages 212-221

2. Part II: International and Intercultural Usability

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 223-223

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   2. Cross-Use: Cross-Cultural Usability User Evaluation- In-Context

      • Jasem M. Alostath, Abdulwahed Moh Khalfan

      Pages 225-234

   3. Testing Remote Users: An Innovative Technology

      • Rebecca Matson Sukach Baker, Esin Kiris, Omar Vasnaik

      Pages 235-242

   4. Web Usability and Evaluation: Issues and Concerns

      • S. Batra, R. R. Bishu

      Pages 243-249

   5. The Impact of Different Icon Sets on the Usability of a Word Processor

      • Tanya R. Beelders, P. J. Blignaut, T. McDonald, E. Dednam

      Pages 250-257

   6. Systems Development Methods and Usability in Norway: An Industrial Perspective

      • Bendik Bygstad, Gheorghita Ghinea, Eivind Brevik

      Pages 258-266

   7. Activities for Usability in Lenovo China

      • Baihong Chen, Rong Yang

      Pages 267-273

   8. The Cultural Usability (CULTUSAB) Project: Studies of Cultural Models in Psychological Usability Evaluation Methods

      • Torkil Clemmensen, Tom Plocher

      Pages 274-280

   9. Cultural Usability Tests – How Usability Tests Are Not the Same All over the World

      • Torkil Clemmensen, Qingxin Shi, Jyoti Kumar, Huiyang Li, Xianghong Sun, Pradeep Yammiyavar

      Pages 281-290

   10. Getting the Most Out of Personas for Product Usability Enhancements

       • Jianming Dong, Kuldeep Kelkar, Kelly Braun

       Pages 291-296

   11. Testing Object Management (TOM): A Prototype for Usability Knowledge Management in Global Software

       • Ian Douglas

       Pages 297-305

The 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI Inter- tional 2007, was held in Beijing, P.R. China, 22-27 July 2007, jointly with the Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2007, the 7th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, the 4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, the 2nd International Conf- ence on Virtual Reality, the 2nd International Conference on Usability and Inter- tionalization, the 2nd International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, the 3rd International Conference on Augmented Cognition, and the 1st International Conference on Digital Human Modeling. A total of 3403 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry and governmental agencies from 76 countries submitted contributions, and 1681 papers, judged to be of high scientific quality, were included in the program. These papers address the latest research and development efforts and highlightthe human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation th- oughly cover the entire field of Human-Computer Interaction, addressing major - vances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas. This volume, edited by Nuray Aykin, contains papers in the thematic area of Usability and Internationalization, addressing the following major topics: • Cross-Cultural Design • International and Intercultural Usability • User Studies The remaining volumes of the HCI International 2007 proceedings are: • Volume 1, LNCS 4550, Interaction Design and Usability, edited by Julie A. Jacko • Volume 2, LNCS 4551, Interaction Platforms and Techniques, edited by Julie A.

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