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Language selection

By Kristoffer Bohmann, Bohmann Usability

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Kristoffer Bohmann: 'Language Selection' from May 30, 2001. Screenshot: Citroën homepage
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Language selection. A large number of European websites waste homepages on language selection while their American counterparts rarely commit this usability mistake. I recommend that multi-language sites use English as default.

Kristoffer Bohmann