This article: <http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,68626,00.html>
says Asians notice more background detail than folks from the U.S. Have others found this to be true? I'd be interested in the implications of this, assuming it's true. The web is global, so where does that leave us? And there are surely more Asians than North American people. But in practical terms, how much does background detail matter? In websites surely content is the important thing - or is that just my "Western" perspective? Perhaps we should be giving more attention to visual communication (in the background as opposed to multimedia content) where possible? To clarify, I am not saying perhaps we should give attention to visual communication to the exclusion of actual content, but in addition to...? What have others found, regarding usability across cultures? -- Vicki Berry DistinctiveWeb http://www.distinctiveweb.com.au ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
