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- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:27:21 +0900
- From: "Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>
- Subject: Re: [tlug] [OT] What's up with online Japanese<->Japanese dictionaries?
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Martin Killmann writes: > Anyway, it's quite interesting to compare popular Japanese websites with > their US counterparts. Google vs. Yahoo.co.jp is just one example, I can > also give you: > > http://www.amazon.com/ vs. http://www.rakuten.co.jp/ > http://www.youtube.com/ vs. http://www.nicovideo.jp/ > http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/ vs. http://kakaku.com/ > > On all western designs, I see clearer structure, larger fonts, less text > overall, less links and less animation. But you'll also see that in the same company (google.com vs. google.co.jp is probably the most successful in enforcing a global (ie, American -- hi, Darren, I get sarcastic too ;-) style, but the U.S. version of SONY or Yahoo! or TOYOTA's home page is much leaner and cleaner than the Japanese version. > I wonder why there is a design preference for overload and clutter > in Japanese websites and I don't think there is a trivial answer. I suspect part of it is economics. People are willing to pay a lot to be on the front page, even if it's a tiny text link. > It's even more baffling when you consider traditional Japanese > aesthetics. But that doesn't apply to text. Except manga, where the text is almost an afterthought anyway.
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