Three reasons why Japan's web design seems to have not improved since 20 years ago compared to overseas?

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The idea of ​​haiku and bamisubi which eliminates unnecessarily wasteful pursuit of simple beauty is popular all over the world and traditional architecture like modern architecture and modern architecture are highly appreciated by designers from all over the world I am getting it. On the other hand, however, web design in Japan, China, and Korea has not gained much attention worldwide, and most of Japan's web design looks like it has not changed since around 1998, and Asian culture, design, life Blog focusing on "randomwireDavid Gilbert who manages "points out.

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In the above articlegoo·Rakuten·Nico Nico Douga·YOMIURI ONLINEIn the case of Japan web pages, text is dense, low image quality, small images, large numbers of columns, too bright hues and blinking advertisement banners and outdated technologies like Flash are frequently used It has been. Furthermore, three reasons are roughly presented for the question as to why much of Japan's web design is outdated unlike overseas.

1. Linguistic reason
Gilbert points out "The big difference between the two languages" English and Japanese "for the first reason. The kanji used in Japan isLogogramThere is a lot of meaning in one letter and one letter. For that reason, a large amount of information is embedded in Japanese sentences, and if it is Japanese, it can be understood at first glance, but for Europeans and Americans it seems to be a confused design. Especially Kanji, like the alphabet capital letters and lower case lettersItalicsThere is no way of expressing such as expressions, and because the emphasis method is limited, it is arguing that the circumstances that inevitably have to use fancy fonts and character images also influence.

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In addition, programming and web language are mostly designed for English speakers and European and American companies, and many of the teaching materials are written in English. Therefore, even if a new technology is born, the time lag will inevitably occur until the teaching materials are translated into Japanese and become popularized.

2. Cultural reason
As a second reason why Japanese web design tends to become old-fashioned, Gilbert lists "differences in culture between Japan and the West". Japanese society tends to avoid risks, and even if a precedent is made at least once, even if there are other better ways, there are many cases that imitate the same way as the previous example. Also, Japanese consumers tend to avoid risk as well, explaining that they tend to buy after convincing themselves, such as reading explanations and specifications of goods written in sentences.

Furthermore, since Japan is narrow, Gilbert points out that there is a posture not to waste a little space. As you can see from the center of Tokyo such as Shibuya, big signs and noisy pachinko parlor stand side by side in the urban area of ​​Japan, but similar complications are also reflected on the Japanese website It is said that.

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And the design and management of the official website is all left to "IT shop", in Europe and the United States it is reason why the operation method which had become pre-aged already is obsessive as it is common in Japan It is listed one. Mr. Gilbert insists that it is evidence that job seekers called "web recruitment" and "web manager recruitment" are still common in Japan's recruitment site. Meanwhile Japanese creative people seeking free creative, going somewhere not big company.

3. Technical reason
Also, Gilbert points out that Japanese web design has been different from overseas due to technical reasons. In Japan, high-performance folding mobile phones have spread more than PCs in the past. In order to display on a small screen of a foldable mobile phone, the Japanese website is forced to design such that it stuffs content in a small space, and its influence is still still. In addition, one of the reasons is that many Japanese companies still continue to use obsolete items such as old-fashioned Windows.

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Meanwhile, David Gilbert said the Japanese website also has good designs that are easy to see and functional,UNIQLOYaMujirushi Ryohin, And insists that other websites in Japan should keep up with these success stories.