Why is toggle important for online Hispanics?
Bidirectional toggle functionality is considered a Hispanic online best practice principle for several key reasons. First, as we discussed in a previous article regarding Hispanic online language preferences, online Hispanics use both English and Spanish when accessing the Internet. Toggle provides Hispanic users with flexibility and choice; they can quickly select in which language they want to interact with a given page on your sites. Second, toggle functionality is a great way for Spanish-dominant online Hispanics to learn English. Toggle allows users to go back and forth between similar English and Spanish content, making it easy for them to learn English as well as to compare the content offered in each language. In addition, many Hispanic families surf the Internet together, and individual family members may have different language preferences. Toggle effectively addresses this reality, known as family bilingualism. It is common for Hispanic youth, who tend to prefer English, to
