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› February 24, 2002
west vs. east
dru writes:
"Have you guys ever discussed the differences between "western" websites and eastern websites? I think that it is very interesting, if confusing, how active some chinese sites are. Ones that immediatly comes to mind are Sina and Sohu."
I'm assuming you may mean a visual or aesthetic "activeness", or at least I have to assume this since I can't read the sites mentioned. I'm not sure I would agree that the sites mentioned are busier, for example look at some western portal sites, e.g. go, msn, yahoo, netscape, cbs, fox, npr.
I guess another aspect is the visual difference in the language, the japanese and especially chinesse characters are visually more detailed than latin based language characters, although more is conveyed with fewer symbols I believe. Please comment to this post dru and others, hopefully I'm interpreting your question correctly.
Comments
1. February 25, 2002 07:58 AM
2. February 25, 2002 08:01 AM
dRu Posted…
I guess I feel that there is an increaased use of animated gifs. Like MSN has a lot of information crammed into them, but the pictures don't move. But the Chinese are also known for using a lot of blinking neon on their buildings. (or so I am told.) ANywyas I just think that it is interesting. I will have to continue to look at some of the sites you suggested now that I have opened my mind up a little more. Thanks.3. March 2, 2002 01:19 AM
mini-d Posted…
Absolutely yummy... I like to browse Japanese websites.. also some chinese... they have nice typos...Another good thing i saw is I2f... is a classic...
dRu Posted…
Wow, well I did not expect this. What I was refering to was the floating pictures, randomly popped up flash ads and the sort. However, you are quick to point out that the language is a very active language compared to our latin language. Here is another one SN Web. (Check out the floating thingy.) Here is another floater although on a calmer site.Nate, you were right on target. Once again thanks for the post.