Any apparent lack of aesthetics in regards to Eastern communications is most likely not due to lack of concern considering the importance of aesthetics to Eastern culture on a whole.
I suspect the choice to focus on "flow/volume of information being presented" is the same reason Google and Yahoo! generally lack of "aesthetics" on their sites as well, it isn't important enough to spend resources on in relations to the product they're "selling". - Warren On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Brandtley McMinn <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm not overly aware of any specific UX/UI design resources regarding > Eastern communications, but something I am aware of from one of my > professors is that they're not overly concerned with aesthetics. Not to say > good design isn't considered, but their main focus is the flow/volume of > information being presented, which is why you get a bunch of modern day > chinese websites looking similar to the old geocities websites. > > I'll be sure to keep an eye out for resources and post back here, but hope > this helps a bit. > > Good luck Alex, > - Brandtley > > > On 10/5/2011 10:25 AM, Alex Jones wrote: > > Howdy everyone, while I am very familiar with UX best practices for the > West, I'm now doing a deep dive into the same UX and UI best practices for > Chinese mobile apps. I understand some of the broad strokes, but would like > to find authoritative resources. > > So, do you know of any recommendations that you can send my way, beyond > the standard Google results? Bonus points if the site is in English, but if > you know of a great resource that's only available in Chinese, I would love > to hear about it as well. > > Thanks, > > Alex > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
