Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)

Post by nik_0_0 » Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 1:39 AM UTC

skwirl wrote: post #99

jhardy54 wrote: post #86

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Feel free to read the article, where those websites are linked as the examples being discussed. Absolutely hilarious comment though. > Go on a safari around some of Japan’s most popular sites and here’s what you can expect to find (see Goo, Rakuten, Yomiuri, NicoNico, OKWave, @cosme, and more): The links, in case you still don't want to read the article: - https://www.goo.ne.jp - https://www.rakuten.co.jp - https://w…

The article was written seven years ago. What you see now is not necessarily what you would have seen in 2013.

Post by 1123581321 » Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 1:48 AM UTC

euske wrote: post #70

namuol wrote: post #27

(Disclaimer: IANAL - I am not a linguist) The Japanese language itself has very low "information density" - it takes many more syllables to convey the same thing in Japanese than it does in most languages. This is the result of the language having much tighter phonotactic constraints; literally there are fewer "legal" phonemes (and combinations of them) in Japanese than in most other languages. [1] This isn't a criti…

As a Japanese native who's fluent in English, I disagree with this. I regularly translate English (mostly technical) texts to Japanese, and the translation I get is roughly the same size as the original. Its density is certainly not "very low". The reason that you might think that Japanese is more "bloated" is probably because the form of the language you hear most - in TV news and speeches - are in the "polite" form…

Post by rangibaby » Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 2:17 AM UTC

nullifidian wrote: post #23

The better question would be why Japan in general maintains its differences/idiosyncrasies from the west? Web design is not the only thing that differs.

Post by csa » Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 2:24 AM UTC

1123581321 wrote: post #103

euske wrote: post #70

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As a Japanese native who's fluent in English, I disagree with this. I regularly translate English (mostly technical) texts to Japanese, and the translation I get is roughly the same size as the original. Its density is certainly not "very low". The reason that you might think that Japanese is more "bloated" is probably because the form of the language you hear most - in TV news and speeches - are in the "polite" form…

I am completely ignorant here--how common is the polite form on websites?

Post by OJFord » Sat, Nov 21, 2020, 2:29 AM UTC

1123581321 wrote: post #102

userbinator wrote: post #96

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3 dials, with one being the temperature, one being the fan speed, and one more for the modes: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d8/99/f0/d899f00fe8ae8cb22e6e...

They're aware; they're saying that targeted temperature is a simpler control that obviates the need to try to manually tune the fan, used vents and degree of heat.