Re: [tlug] [OT] What's up with online Japanese<->Japanese dictionaries?

[Darren Cook <darren@example.com>]

> of the world by a language barrier. Most Japanese designers don't speak
> English very well, so new ideas and techniques have a 2-3 year delay
> until they become widespread in Japanese blogs. 

No, even the ignorant natives of this poor secluded isle saw Google's
top page many years ago.

> But part of it is also user conditioning. Japan is one of the few
> countries where a cluttered portal like www.yahoo.co.jp is more popular
> than the clean www.google.com interface.

Yep, Yahoo Japan stubbornly refuse to change their interface in case it
earns them more money. They are a registered charity you see, not a
commercial company.

Sorry, hot steamy afternoons sometimes turn me sarcastic.

Darren


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