Questions tagged [culture]
Culture is the distinct ways that people living in different parts of the world classified and represented their experiences.
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UX Awareness session in new organisation
I have joined a new organisation and I want to conduct a session on creating awareness about User Experience.
Could you suggest me some references, ideas, or workshop that will help the organisation ...
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Names: MCGRADY instead of McGrady and ROLFO instead of Rolfö
This question applies anywhere last names are displayed, especially when displayed without first names.
(Some examples: news or sports broadcasts or video games)
When is it appropriate to use ...
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Cultural differences in QR code usage between eastern and western countries
Even though I have only had limited travel experiences in Asian countries like China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea, it is evident that there are plenty of cases where QR code is much more pervasive in ...
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Building a UX Portfolio in a Weird Corporate Culture [closed]
I've been working for a year at my first 'real' UX contract at a giant financial institution. My manager liked me enough to extend my contract for another year, but I realized that this place isn't ...
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Is the Mac’s “Wrong Password” gesture universally understood? [closed]
When an incorrect password is entered into an Apple Mac’s login prompt, the dialog gently shakes as if the operating system is shaking its head at you.
This is a delightfully intuitive way to ...
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Is there a way to measure the tolerance for "humour" in chatbot conversations?
At a recent Japanese Design meetup in San Francisco on the subject of chatbot and conversational UI, the topic of humour (or humor to localize the term) came up. We're all familiar with the "Alexa, ...
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Would a thumbs down be considered disciminating?
We build software that is used in recruiting. Candidates apply through our system and recruiters see all of the candidates in a list.
We categorize candidates based on their inputs. The worst ...
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How would one go about designing a linguistic tone in copywriting?
For example, a startup might have more of a conversational or playful tone, a law office might be more serious and straight to the point. Obviously this affects the users interpretation of the site. I ...
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Interface requirements for both left-to-right and right-to-left reading
Most interfaces, gestures and UI patterns are based on reading from left to right (sinistrodextral).
Swiping to the right to go back is based on making the same motion with your finger if you want to ...
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How do you differentiate your UI/UX based on high and low context cultures?
I am researching different cultures and what changes consistently across them. One of the things is if the culture is a high or a low context culture. The only piece of information I've found is the ...
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How to ask for full name and know which part is what? e.g. last name, middle names, first etc
Say you want the user to enter their full name into a form. Even if you request just this, you may not know which order they put their names down (for example in countries like China, surnames come ...
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Are Germans a different kind of human?
My title is facetious, but my question is serious:
I'm being told by a client's business-analyst team that Germans WANT to read every detail on a website and WANT to read every word in a contract—...
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Is currency symbol enough to figure out the culture
I want to figure out a culture by passing just the currency symbol, however, I'm not sure if that is a good method?
I was also wondering if the currency formatting is dictated by culture or by the ...
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Is the mental model of time advancing to the right in charts globally accepted?
Is it a common mental model, that in a chart visualizing a time dimension, the time is advancing to the right?
I'm currently working with the Internation Business Communication Standards (IBCS). They ...
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Should we trust a user's web browser to tell us the language/culture they want?
We are based in New Zealand writing a web application for NZ and Australian users initially, with prospects to expand in the future.
Our application examines the Accept-Language header of the user's ...
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Do Arabic web browsers have the back/forward buttons reversed?
I was wondering if Arabic web browsers have the back/forward buttons reversed, and if they appear at the top left or the top right, which seems like it would be natural as the order of the language if ...
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Beyond a one-size-fits-many-Westerners approach: Which mobile apps take localization seriously? [closed]
If you adjust the UI of software to different cultures, user's experience can improve. I am referring to Reinecke & Berstein (2013): "Knowing what a user likes: A design science approach to ...
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Colours in cultures : where does the data come from?
I've just come across a chart called "Colours in Cultures" that you can find here :
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/colours-in-cultures/
Since I'd rather not bother the author ...
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Are glyphs of a tortoise and hare understood to indicate speed cross cultures?
In North America the Aesop fable about the tortoise and the Hare is well known, and glyphs of a tortoise (turtle) and hare (rabbit) are understood to represent varying speeds.
Is this generally the ...
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Reliable sources about UI/UX best practices in Japan?
Everything I read about usability on western websites is mostly the opposite of what I'm told to do at my workplace in Japan.
For example :
- make landing pages as crowded as possible
- avoid share ...
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Show/Hide Password Icon - Eye/ Closed Eye? Is the "Eye" icon offensive to any cultures?
I am on a project where we are implementing show/hide password functionality, and after significant research I discovered the 'Open Eye'/ 'Closed Eye' to be fairly standard.
Once this was implemented ...
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Does culture affect UX best practises?
I've seen some anecdotal evidence that design differs between cultures - such as THE PUZZLE OF JAPANESE WEB DESIGN
But are there any case studies or quantitative data in this area?
Aside from ...
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Cultural Probe applied to business environment
At my workplace I am planning a research effort studying some in-house software. I would like to use Gaver's Cultural Probe technique because the exploratory nature of the methodology appeals to my ...
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Should a multinational website background color be a conscious choice?
We know that colors represent different things in different cultures, and selecting the wrong color can have unexpected and unwanted effect on how we present our organization. Gaming sites such as ...
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Handling the death of a user
Are there any common practices for handling the death of a user? How should the claim of a death be verified? How should the deceased user be "visualized" or otherwise indicated on their profile/...
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Cultural differences while usability testing
As a Briton, I realise there are cultural differences that I need to consider while testing. For example I have found that citizens from the Indian subcontinent are less likely to directly criticise ...
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Are there any resources about connotations related to visual elements from a cultural perspective?
I've been wondering about this for some time, are there any libraries or resources online that show what connotations are attached to any given design element from a cultural perspective?
I am aware ...
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