Do any WSG members have experience with non-english language websites?
If so some tips would be helpful. Ive found "Beyond Borders: Web Globalisation Strategies" by New Riders helpful in a broad sense, but not for topics like:
* which is the best way to specify charsets (UTF-8, iso-8859-1, BIG-5 etc)
* which fonts display asian languages eg: Chinese Traditional/Simplified script well
* What interface rules of thumb should be applied eg: for any given english phrase, the space taken up on screen will vary for different languages like German which will take more space.
* Whether its wise to use unicode notation eg: 相關資料 or some other way to display other languages in a web browser
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Neerav Bhatt
http://www.bhatt.id.au
Web Development & IT consultancy
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