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Internationalization Guide


Preparing the User Interface

The design of the user interface is crucial to the success of any application with a worldwide audience. If you want to be competitive in a global market, you must design a user interface that meets the needs of each audience.

Try to design a user interface that is:

You also want to create a user interface that works well for your users. If you design with internationalization in mind, the user interface will support many languages. In addition, you will not have to increase development efforts, redesign for every audience, or schedule extra time for maintenance and quality assurance.

This chapter contains the following sections:


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