Author Topic: Japa-Filter: Tell me about Japanese web design (Read 1003 times)

GilloD · « **on:** August 01, 2008, 04:56:41 PM »

So, I'md esigning my companies Japanese website. So far, it looks a lot like our American website. But because there's no e-commerce on the Japanese end, I retooled some of the nav bars and generally oriented the site to a more informational, minimal presence. But are there specific challenges to the Japanese market I'm ignoring? Does the Japanese browse websites differently from the rest of the world?

If you guys know of any middle-sized Japanese food companies that have sites, I'd love to take a look. Thanks!

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #1 on:** August 01, 2008, 04:57:46 PM »

OH MY GOD

RUN

RUN AWAY NOW

RUN

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #2 on:** August 01, 2008, 05:03:25 PM »

Okay, first of all, you need to remove any CSS or XML you are using and replace it all with nested tables.

If you have any inlined JPGs, be sure to display them at a resolution different than that of the file.

Under no circumstances should an image be larger than 100x80!

Instead of organizing your pages hierarchically, users should navigate via a single list of every page on the entire site. If your site has a lot of pages, reduce the font size of this list until it all fits on the screen.

You may wish to call out important pages with a small banner ad. Put the nine or ten most important of these "call outs" in the rightmost nested table.

Remember: when in doubt, make a list! more information is always better. Users will read the entire page and figure out what they need.

Finally, make sure the site doesn't work with Firefox; ideally, it should redirect Firefox users to download IE 6.0.

Hope these tips help!

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #3 on:** August 01, 2008, 05:10:17 PM »

Food site examples:

Nissin Foods:
http://www.nissinfoods.co.jp/

Ajinomoto:
http://www.ajinomoto.co.jp/

House Foods:
http://housefoods.jp/

Ito En:
http://www.itoen.co.jp/

Morigana:
http://www.morinaga.co.jp/index.html

I swear to Jesus H. Christ that I did not look at any of these sites before writing the list above.

Crushed · « **Reply #4 on:** August 01, 2008, 05:17:01 PM »

make sure that every link is an interstitial ad filled with 20 flashing hentai and mosaic porn banners

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #5 on:** August 01, 2008, 05:18:11 PM »

was it the new Ys Hentai game for cell phones?

:'( Feena :'(

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Or, more accurately:

Feena

[close]

Himu · « **Reply #6 on:** August 01, 2008, 05:22:15 PM »

has this thread brought up the awful flash videos yet

bagofeyes · « **Reply #7 on:** August 01, 2008, 05:37:54 PM »

http://www.goo.ne.jp/

needs more text

Himu · « **Reply #8 on:** August 01, 2008, 05:40:33 PM »

bagofeyes: maybe it's like that to our eyes, but to the japanese there's maybe 4 sentences total on that page.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #9 on:** August 01, 2008, 05:41:58 PM »

disgruntled_jojo · « **Reply #10 on:** August 01, 2008, 05:42:21 PM »

Patel and I often have conversations to this effect. It happens any time we've avoided going to a Japanese web site for a while. You never forget - you can't forget - but eventually your mind starts to block out the horrid assault that is Japanese web design. Then after a few months you need to go to a site in Japan to look for some information and you're like OMFGWTMFBBQ JAPANESE WEB DESIGN ATTACK ON MY SENSES.

I love japan as much as the next useless fucking dork but Jesus, they web design like it's 1996. Forever.

And for fuck's sake, never go to a Chinese website. They are like Japanese web sites from 8 years ago (read: all banners and images are made of 8-bit undithered animated gifs, lists of pages where each page is 10 kanji, three columns per site all fully packed with the highest possible information density, etc.). If you have a death wish, you can see this at 17173.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #11 on:** August 01, 2008, 05:54:58 PM »

annndd repeat for literally five more pages scrolled down on a 1400x1050 display.

sorry for the lack of lang support here, this is my stripped down install for games, not moonspeak.

bagofeyes · « **Reply #12 on:** August 01, 2008, 06:02:13 PM »

How about a Japanese 'blog'?

NSFW NSFW

http://oppainorakuen.blog16.fc2.com/

NSFW NSFW

GilloD · « **Reply #13 on:** August 01, 2008, 08:51:33 PM »

This was my thinking coming into this thread but I figured I was just a RACIST WESTERN DEVIL. Turns out I was right!

drohne · « **Reply #14 on:** August 01, 2008, 09:05:21 PM »

thumbnails must only lead to slightly bigger thumbnails

if you want to use video, offer a zipped wmv for download

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #15 on:** August 01, 2008, 09:17:02 PM »

Quote from: drohne on August 01, 2008, 09:05:21 PM

if you want to use video, offer a zipped wmv for download

realvideo is also acceptable

Crushed · « **Reply #16 on:** August 01, 2008, 09:20:22 PM »

or asx streams

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #17 on:** August 01, 2008, 09:26:05 PM »

the ideal Japanese video format is a ZIP file containing a 64K RealVideo stream inside an ASX wrapper

laesperanzapaz · « **Reply #18 on:** August 02, 2008, 12:36:09 AM »

wow i visited those sites for the first time

suffice to say, once again western philosophy, practices, and designs prove to be superior yet again

tiesto · « **Reply #19 on:** August 02, 2008, 10:11:02 AM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on August 01, 2008, 05:18:11 PM

was it the new Ys Hentai game for cell phones?

:'( Feena :'(

spoiler (click to show/hide)
Or, more accurately:

Feena
[close]

There's a Ys Hentai game for cell phones or are you just taking the piss?

News:

Author Topic: Japa-Filter: Tell me about Japanese web design (Read 1003 times)