Cultural Difference and Weblog Interface Design: Comparing the Usability of Text-based and Icon-based Commands
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Unlike the early days of computering, our contemporary virtual lives are filled with rich graphics. However examination of many weblog sites revealed that most buttons (commands) were text based. Why so? This paper compared (quantitatively and qualitatively) the differences in usability between textbased interface and icon-based interface in weblog environment. In addition, this paper intended to explore how cultural diversity factor affected the interface usability. Test was conducted on two weblog prototypes with sixteen participants (half were Korean and half were French). Finally, icon-based interface was found not having a higher efficiency in
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