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Has the impact of internationalisation (multi-languages, etc.) been assessed ?

Recommendation 

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C People

C Planet

B Prosperity

Difficulty

*

Priority

Low

Récurrence

OnUpdate

Tests

How many languages ​​do you use?

Precisions

Multi-language management adds a substantial volume of messages translated into different languages. Some languages ​​require multi-byte character encodings that consume more memory space.

Use Case

Project framing

Additional elements

Operational issues related to the project

Posts

Rule for assessing the level of compliance of the criterion

Formalized = 100 ; Planned = 75 ; Identified = 50 ; Ignored = 0 / 100

Life cycle

Réalisation

13 other criteria related to the recommendation: Reduce the footprint of static content

Recommendation Essential

Pictures

Have the images been compressed upstream in a format suitable for viewing ?

Recommendation

Pictures

What images are really meaningful and useful for understanding the service (examples: logo, images, links, contractual images, etc.) ?

Recommendation

Pictures

What images can we avoid (not useful for understanding the service) ?

Recommendation

Text

Can text replace certain types of images (icons, picto ...) ?

Recommendation

Pictures

Is an alternative to images always available ?

Advice

Animated content

Is the information overlay removed ?

Recommendation

Text

Is there a limit to the number of different fonts ?

Recommendation

Text

Do you prefer system fonts ?

Advice

Forms

Is the configuration of the form minimal (so as not to overload the code for unhelpful styles) ?

Recommendation

Forms

Does the form allow the user to disable dynamic functions (ex: auto completion) ?

Recommendation

Forms

Are the forms useful (example: not creating an account for the purchase of a product / service - e-commerce) ?

Advice

Forms

Are robots banned and unsolicited access treated by inexpensive solutions (captcha vs "addition", ....) ?

Recommendation

Forms

When selection lists are available, are they limited to values ​​relevant to the service user ?