Hey Alex: I recall doing some of my own research into this a few years ago and I recall that there is actually a UX Professionals network in China that deals with this topic specifically. It's probably still in its infancy, but I'm sure that's a good place to start.
Hope this helps. Caroling On Oct 5, 12:58 pm, Jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > I have found this article > (http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2010/03/15/showcase-of-web-design-in-...) on > web design. I personally don't feel that there is an UX/UI gap between the > east and west. I have a few chinese apps on my ipad, and their aesthetics > and functions are on par to the west apps. Here are the chinese apps I have: > sohu hd (video entertainment), chinese chess hd (game), oxradio (music > streaming). > > I do notice the chinese sites, or games, tend to include more colorful, > "cute", anime-ish avatars. > > -Jeff > > Warren Chu <[email protected]> 於 Oct 5, 2011 12:20 PM 寫道： > > > > > > > > > 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 followhttp://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 > >> athttp://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 followhttp://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 > > athttp://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 followhttp://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 > > athttp://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
