International Usability: Big Stuff the Same, Details Differ

User testing on 3 continents confirmed that the main usability guidelines
hold worldwide, but many other considerations exist to better support
international users.

Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for June 6:
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/international-sites.html

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Usability Week 2011 conference

  * San Francisco: June 13-18
  * Toronto: July 11-15
  * New York City: August 1-6

Full program:
  > http://www.nngroup.com/events

Conference registration DEADLINES THIS FRIDAY, June 10:
  * save $200 on San Francisco registration http://bit.ly/SFusability
  * save 10% on Toronto registration http://bit.ly/CanadaUsability

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INTRANET DESIGN ANNUAL: call for entries

The competition for next year's intranet design award is now open, with a
deadline for entries of June 22:

  > http://www.nngroup.com/reports/intranet/2012

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iPAD USABILITY COVERAGE

Always interesting to see how others interpret our research. Here are some
articles about the iPad usability study released in my last newsletter:

  > WIRED http://bit.ly/jUqnNW 
  > CNN http://bit.ly/jJxULQ
  > ReadWriteWeb http://rww.to/mzPWY8
  > PC Magazine http://bit.ly/lznkoG
  > eConsultancy http://bit.ly/iNmzFg
  > GigaOm http://bit.ly/lLsog4 

The wisecrack prize goes to AdAge, which called me "pretty much the
inverse of Oprah." But they also call our report "a must-read for anyone
hoping to reanimate a dead-tree publication" so I forgive them:

  > AdAge: http://bit.ly/lWnGmu

My own analysis, in case you missed it last time:
  
  > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/ipad.html