GVU's Seventh WWW User Survey Culture Graphs

Problems with unfamiliar language sites


Notes:


What do you find to be the biggest problems in using web sites that are written in languages in which you are not fluent?
(Please check all that apply.)

Table of Data for All Categories

Problems with unfamiliar language sites All Male Female USA Europe 10-18 19-25 26-50 50+ Novice Intermediate Expert
Can't read language 844.00

77.01%

601.00

78.46%

217.00

74.83%

358.00

73.36%

226.00

80.14%

45.00

78.95%

221.00

78.65%

471.00

78.37%

64.00

71.91%

156.00

68.12%

341.00

81.19%

321.00

78.87%

Can't translate 510.00

46.53%

358.00

46.74%

137.00

47.24%

240.00

49.18%

132.00

46.81%

28.00

49.12%

142.00

50.53%

266.00

44.26%

42.00

47.19%

95.00

41.48%

193.00

45.95%

207.00

50.86%

Can't write language 412.00

37.59%

298.00

38.90%

104.00

35.86%

209.00

42.83%

84.00

29.79%

18.00

31.58%

112.00

39.86%

223.00

37.10%

39.00

43.82%

99.00

43.23%

157.00

37.38%

146.00

35.87%

Download time 111.00

10.13%

75.00

9.79%

30.00

10.34%

59.00

12.09%

32.00

11.35%

9.00

15.79%

39.00

13.88%

50.00

8.32%

6.00

6.74%

23.00

10.04%

44.00

10.48%

38.00

9.34%

Offensive images 34.00

3.10%

22.00

2.87%

10.00

3.45%

24.00

4.92%

4.00

1.42%

2.00

3.51%

12.00

4.27%

15.00

2.50%

0.00

0.00%

7.00

3.06%

12.00

2.86%

13.00

3.19%

Poorly designed forms 85.00

7.76%

62.00

8.09%

20.00

6.90%

42.00

8.61%

24.00

8.51%

9.00

15.79%

26.00

9.25%

39.00

6.49%

5.00

5.62%

16.00

6.99%

36.00

8.57%

30.00

7.37%

Unclear multimedia 114.00

10.40%

85.00

11.10%

28.00

9.66%

60.00

12.30%

37.00

13.12%

6.00

10.53%

43.00

15.30%

49.00

8.15%

13.00

14.61%

33.00

14.41%

41.00

9.76%

39.00

9.58%

Unfamiliar images 203.00

18.52%

150.00

19.58%

50.00

17.24%

105.00

21.52%

45.00

15.96%

10.00

17.54%

57.00

20.28%

110.00

18.30%

19.00

21.35%

39.00

17.03%

84.00

20.00%

77.00

18.92%

Unfamiliar navigation 330.00

30.11%

255.00

33.29%

67.00

23.10%

158.00

32.38%

80.00

28.37%

18.00

31.58%

83.00

29.54%

190.00

31.61%

21.00

23.60%

56.00

24.45%

135.00

32.14%

131.00

32.19%

Unfamiliar organization 191.00

17.43%

141.00

18.41%

44.00

15.17%

110.00

22.54%

43.00

15.25%

11.00

19.30%

55.00

19.57%

94.00

15.64%

18.00

20.22%

35.00

15.28%

85.00

20.24%

65.00

15.97%

Unfamiliar text orientation 134.00

12.23%

93.00

12.14%

35.00

12.07%

78.00

15.98%

20.00

7.09%

7.00

12.28%

44.00

15.66%

64.00

10.65%

10.00

11.24%

29.00

12.66%

60.00

14.29%

39.00

9.58%

Use of color 80.00

7.30%

57.00

7.44%

21.00

7.24%

52.00

10.66%

15.00

5.32%

5.00

8.77%

27.00

9.61%

36.00

5.99%

4.00

4.49%

15.00

6.55%

32.00

7.62%

31.00

7.62%

Other 75.00

6.84%

54.00

7.05%

20.00

6.90%

42.00

8.61%

18.00

6.38%

4.00

7.02%

22.00

7.83%

37.00

6.16%

9.00

10.11%

20.00

8.73%

25.00

5.95%

29.00

7.13%

None 75.00

6.84%

47.00

6.14%

24.00

8.28%

42.00

8.61%

16.00

5.67%

4.00

7.02%

17.00

6.05%

41.00

6.82%

6.00

6.74%

27.00

11.79%

19.00

4.52%

25.00

6.14%











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GVU's WWW Surveying Team
Graphics, Visualization, & Usability Center
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0280