RE: Can authoring using graphics = no localization.

[Bill Burns <bburns -at- scriptorium -dot- com>]

It's an interesting idea, but keep in mind that images are just as 
culture-dependent as language, maybe more so since they occur in a context 
that is typically not culturally neutral. Everyday objects can look very 
different depending on who designed them. Even houses look different 
depending on the culture. That little house icon on your browser looks like 
a pretty typical North American house. In other climates, that pitched roof 
isn't as common. The example I use most often is the little mailbox icon 
that so many email applications used to use. Works fine for rural North 
America. Doesn't make any sense at all for folks in Europe (looks more like 
a railroad tunnel to them).

Along with issues of syntax, you would have a lot of work ahead of you 
since you're essentially coming up with one or more new written languages. 
It could be a worthwhile effort, but it would be a lot of work.


Bill Burns, Senior Technical Consultant, Scriptorium Publishing
FrameMaker ACE, WebWorks Publisher Certified Trainer
bburns -at- scriptorium -dot- com - 208-484-4459
http://www.scriptorium.com


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