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This chapter presents an overview of academic and industrial activities in Thailand relating to usability. The chapter includes several case studies and some conclusions about the future development of usability in the country.
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Sakol, T. (2011). Usability in Thailand. In: Douglas, I., Liu, Z. (eds) Global Usability. Human-Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-304-6_20
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