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Culture as a Factor in Web Design

Senongo Akpem
October 22, 2012

Culture as a Factor in Web Design

As our community explores more of responsive design, we are creating better code and markup, but are we creating sites that are responsive to cultural differences? This session went through factors that can affect how sites are perceived in places with different cultural norms, like Africa and Japan. I talked about how to build visual and cultural diversity into websites, and how responsive design can address these quirks of culture, language, and tradition.

Presented at FOWD NYC

Senongo Akpem

October 22, 2012
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  1. Add a native language option • Make the interface •

    understandable Use cues that match the users • cultural characteristics 3 steps