{"id":132,"date":"2002-07-15T23:48:00","date_gmt":"2002-07-15T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/archives\/132"},"modified":"2002-07-15T23:48:00","modified_gmt":"2002-07-15T18:18:00","slug":"132","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sumankumar.com\/blog\/2002\/07\/132\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>&#8220;Software Quality Improvement through Usability&#8221; Seminar<\/h3>\n<p>Usability for All \u2013 Adapting to Cultural and Physical Needs is a sequel to the &#8220;Software Quality Improvement through Usability&#8221; seminar, which was hold in April. &#8220;Adapting to Cultural and Physical Needs&#8221; was organized by the Information Technology Association (ITA), took place at the City University of Hong Kong on May 25. This seminar demonstrated how languages could affect on system usability. 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