Chinese Web 2.0: yes or no?

April 2, 2006 by Jason Li

“Web 2.0 sites nearly always feel open and friendly and often use small
chunks of large type. The colors are bright and cheery — lots of blue,
orange, and what we jokingly call the Official Color of Web 2.0: lime
green.”

Does this apply to the Chinese…

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Virtual China

aesthetics of abundance, cont.

March 31, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

Check out the difference in number of categories to search at the very top of the page for 2 major American portals (Yahoo and MSN) and 2 major Chinese portals (Sohu and Sina).

Virtual China

aesthetics of abundance

March 30, 2006 by Lyn Jeffery

Hans Juergen-Bucher (Media Studies, University of Trier) has a provocative 2004 paper titled Is There a Chinese Internet? which reports the results of user studies he conducted in Germany with Chinese Internet users. One of his most interesting points is about what he calls an “aesthetics of abundance” that shapes Chinese website design and interface.