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Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)

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Re: Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)

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Post by kaybe »

_5659 wrote: post #2

I had to disable Adblock Plus for some reason to get the entire page to load. Ditto on the point where Japan is stuck in the 1980s future. Everything's optimized for tiny cellphone screens optimized for text. If I recall correctly iPhone adoption was slow, and many people lacked a desktop to provide updates. I still find wifi to be incredibly scarce in Tokyo. If people want a desktop, they go to a cafe. If they want…

I've seen a lot of pocket wifi routers also for locals, which is really neat when you travel and your accomodation comes with one of these since you can carry it around all day for wifi and don't need a simcard.

Re: Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)

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Post by appleiigs »

The crammed design is also seen in their electronics and other household items. Things that seemingly that have 1 function such as rice cookers and toilets are jam packed with buttons, lights and beeping.

I also avoided Toyotas because of the crammed dashboard/consoles and all the beeping. Unlock door, closing hatch door, starting the car is just beep, beep, beep. Instead of toggles like BMW, they would have an individual buttons for AM, FM, CD, Bluetooth, Aux.

Re: Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)

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Post by busterarm »

_5659 wrote: post #2

I had to disable Adblock Plus for some reason to get the entire page to load. Ditto on the point where Japan is stuck in the 1980s future. Everything's optimized for tiny cellphone screens optimized for text. If I recall correctly iPhone adoption was slow, and many people lacked a desktop to provide updates. I still find wifi to be incredibly scarce in Tokyo. If people want a desktop, they go to a cafe. If they want…

> I still find wifi to be incredibly scarce in Tokyo.

Train stations, 7-11, Family Mart, Starbucks, Gasuto, McD's.

Plus all of the locations in the Japan Connected-free wifi app.

Re: Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)

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Post by Krasnol »

_5659 wrote: post #2

I had to disable Adblock Plus for some reason to get the entire page to load. Ditto on the point where Japan is stuck in the 1980s future. Everything's optimized for tiny cellphone screens optimized for text. If I recall correctly iPhone adoption was slow, and many people lacked a desktop to provide updates. I still find wifi to be incredibly scarce in Tokyo. If people want a desktop, they go to a cafe. If they want…

FYI: "ublock original" is the better and independend ad-blocker.

Re: Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)

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Post by forgotmypw17 »

appleiigs wrote: post #13

The crammed design is also seen in their electronics and other household items. Things that seemingly that have 1 function such as rice cookers and toilets are jam packed with buttons, lights and beeping. I also avoided Toyotas because of the crammed dashboard/consoles and all the beeping. Unlock door, closing hatch door, starting the car is just beep, beep, beep. Instead of toggles like BMW, they would have an indiv…

This "crammed" design allows for button-function coupling, which makes buttons stateless and predictable.

Re: Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)

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Post by switch007 »

Krasnol wrote: post #15
_5659 wrote: post #2

I had to disable Adblock Plus for some reason to get the entire page to load. Ditto on the point where Japan is stuck in the 1980s future. Everything's optimized for tiny cellphone screens optimized for text. If I recall correctly iPhone adoption was slow, and many people lacked a desktop to provide updates. I still find wifi to be incredibly scarce in Tokyo. If people want a desktop, they go to a cafe. If they want…

FYI: "ublock original" is the better and independend ad-blocker.

uBlock Origin*

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpa...

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...

Re: Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)

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Post by Dirlewanger »

Let’s hope the rest learn from them and catch up soon.

Aside from the security implications of using IE/XP, um, no, how about we don't and let them do what they want? How dare the author maintain that they should follow the West's path of bloated web design practices. Get out of here with that shit.

Re: Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)

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Post by folli »

Naac wrote: post #7
busterarm wrote: post #6

tl;dr: i-Mode. Any answer to this question that doesn't include a mention of this is grossly misinformed to the point of being wrong.

Can you link to something or explain what that is for those of us not familiar?

Essentially a beefed up version of WAP

Re: Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)

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Post by verisimilidude »

_5659 wrote: post #2

I had to disable Adblock Plus for some reason to get the entire page to load. Ditto on the point where Japan is stuck in the 1980s future. Everything's optimized for tiny cellphone screens optimized for text. If I recall correctly iPhone adoption was slow, and many people lacked a desktop to provide updates. I still find wifi to be incredibly scarce in Tokyo. If people want a desktop, they go to a cafe. If they want…

The bit about scarce WiFi is surprising. Back in 2005, I did a lot of warbiking in Tokyo, and signals were easy to find.
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