Comments on: CaucasianSpace? http://areyoudesign.com/blog/2009/01/caucasianspace/ The McMurphy of Web Development Wed, 02 May 2012 22:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Sai-Kit Hui http://areyoudesign.com/blog/2009/01/caucasianspace/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Sai-Kit Hui Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:47:49 +0000 http://areyoudesign.com/blog/?p=574#comment-123 If mainland connections are slow, then I don't understand why they build such massive behemoths such as sina. I can't even imagine being a webdev in China having to build and maintain these sites. If mainland connections are slow, then I don’t understand why they build such massive behemoths such as sina. I can’t even imagine being a webdev in China having to build and maintain these sites.

]]> By: Sai-Kit Hui http://areyoudesign.com/blog/2009/01/caucasianspace/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Sai-Kit Hui Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:47:00 +0000 http://areyoudesign.com/blog/?p=574#comment-722 If mainland connections are slow, then I don't understand why they build such massive behemoths such as sina. I can't even imagine being a webdev in China having to build and maintain these sites. If mainland connections are slow, then I don’t understand why they build such massive behemoths such as sina. I can’t even imagine being a webdev in China having to build and maintain these sites.

]]> By: Roy Berman http://areyoudesign.com/blog/2009/01/caucasianspace/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Roy Berman Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:29:41 +0000 http://areyoudesign.com/blog/?p=574#comment-122 Only in a handful of Asian countries. Try comparing HK and mainland China. And then try SE Asia. Only in a handful of Asian countries. Try comparing HK and mainland China. And then try SE Asia.

]]> By: Roy Berman http://areyoudesign.com/blog/2009/01/caucasianspace/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Roy Berman Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:29:00 +0000 http://areyoudesign.com/blog/?p=574#comment-721 Only in a handful of Asian countries. Try comparing HK and mainland China. And then try SE Asia. Only in a handful of Asian countries. Try comparing HK and mainland China. And then try SE Asia.

]]> By: Sai-Kit Hui http://areyoudesign.com/blog/2009/01/caucasianspace/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Sai-Kit Hui Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:40:27 +0000 http://areyoudesign.com/blog/?p=574#comment-121 I hope so. I did look at some Japanese web design/development sites afterward and noticed their usability was much better. I did notice that their sites tend to be less image intensive unlike, say, this blog. This is great for people with slow connections. But, as I found out when I in Hong Kong, the broadband speeds in Asia make loading times almost irrelevant. I hope so. I did look at some Japanese web design/development sites afterward and noticed their usability was much better. I did notice that their sites tend to be less image intensive unlike, say, this blog.

This is great for people with slow connections. But, as I found out when I in Hong Kong, the broadband speeds in Asia make loading times almost irrelevant.

]]> By: Sai-Kit Hui http://areyoudesign.com/blog/2009/01/caucasianspace/comment-page-1/#comment-720 Sai-Kit Hui Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:40:00 +0000 http://areyoudesign.com/blog/?p=574#comment-720 I hope so. I did look at some Japanese web design/development sites afterward and noticed their usability was much better. I did notice that their sites tend to be less image intensive unlike, say, this blog. This is great for people with slow connections. But, as I found out when I in Hong Kong, the broadband speeds in Asia make loading times almost irrelevant. I hope so. I did look at some Japanese web design/development sites afterward and noticed their usability was much better. I did notice that their sites tend to be less image intensive unlike, say, this blog.

This is great for people with slow connections. But, as I found out when I in Hong Kong, the broadband speeds in Asia make loading times almost irrelevant.

]]> By: Roy Berman http://areyoudesign.com/blog/2009/01/caucasianspace/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Roy Berman Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:04:29 +0000 http://areyoudesign.com/blog/?p=574#comment-119 It's certainly a good question, but I don't think I can call it cultural per-se. After all, traditional Japanese art is probably the unrivaled in history for its use of white space, but many commercial Japanese web sites are simply poor designed. However, more artistic web sites for promotions etc. exhibit much better aesthetics. I think it just has something to do with coming late to the Web party and having a lot of websites designed directly by programmers and/or marketing idiots that want to cram every piece of data/feature they have onto the front page, instead of actual designers who care about aesthetics and usability, like the English web had several years ago. Expect Japanese and Chinese sites (and some other languages, I'm sure) to catch up in usability given time. It’s certainly a good question, but I don’t think I can call it cultural per-se. After all, traditional Japanese art is probably the unrivaled in history for its use of white space, but many commercial Japanese web sites are simply poor designed. However, more artistic web sites for promotions etc. exhibit much better aesthetics. I think it just has something to do with coming late to the Web party and having a lot of websites designed directly by programmers and/or marketing idiots that want to cram every piece of data/feature they have onto the front page, instead of actual designers who care about aesthetics and usability, like the English web had several years ago. Expect Japanese and Chinese sites (and some other languages, I’m sure) to catch up in usability given time.

]]> By: Roy Berman http://areyoudesign.com/blog/2009/01/caucasianspace/comment-page-1/#comment-719 Roy Berman Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:04:00 +0000 http://areyoudesign.com/blog/?p=574#comment-719 It's certainly a good question, but I don't think I can call it cultural per-se. After all, traditional Japanese art is probably the unrivaled in history for its use of white space, but many commercial Japanese web sites are simply poor designed. However, more artistic web sites for promotions etc. exhibit much better aesthetics. I think it just has something to do with coming late to the Web party and having a lot of websites designed directly by programmers and/or marketing idiots that want to cram every piece of data/feature they have onto the front page, instead of actual designers who care about aesthetics and usability, like the English web had several years ago. Expect Japanese and Chinese sites (and some other languages, I'm sure) to catch up in usability given time. It’s certainly a good question, but I don’t think I can call it cultural per-se. After all, traditional Japanese art is probably the unrivaled in history for its use of white space, but many commercial Japanese web sites are simply poor designed. However, more artistic web sites for promotions etc. exhibit much better aesthetics. I think it just has something to do with coming late to the Web party and having a lot of websites designed directly by programmers and/or marketing idiots that want to cram every piece of data/feature they have onto the front page, instead of actual designers who care about aesthetics and usability, like the English web had several years ago. Expect Japanese and Chinese sites (and some other languages, I’m sure) to catch up in usability given time.

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