<story><title>Why Japanese Web Design Is So Different (2013)</title><url>https://randomwire.com/why-japanese-web-design-is-so-different/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>friedturkey</author><text>I’ve come to prefer Japanese web design over western design in general. It can be messy at times, but you don’t have endless pop ups asking you to sign up for their “newsletter” ad spam that is sold off to third parties(nobody reads those—your stats are fraudulent and people only register because they think it’ll end the pop ups), endless cookie pop ups, random bot support chats for things that would never need it, “Take me to the new design!” pop ups that lead away from a functional page to absolute garbage, h u g e white space for zero reason, random “login with Google!” pop ups for a basic-ass text page, social media buttons, and so on.&lt;p&gt;Japanese web design feels like walking into a casino, but western design feels like having a dump truck emptied on you.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why Japanese Web Design Is So Different (2013)</title><url>https://randomwire.com/why-japanese-web-design-is-so-different/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>makeitdouble</author><text>Comparing apples to apples, Rakuten pages don&amp;#x27;t seem much different to me than Amazon or eBay, or AliExpress for instance:&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;event.rakuten.co.jp&amp;#x2F;campaign&amp;#x2F;supersale&amp;#x2F;?l-id=search_browse_pc_header_top&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;event.rakuten.co.jp&amp;#x2F;campaign&amp;#x2F;supersale&amp;#x2F;?l-id=search_...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;gp&amp;#x2F;goldbox?ref_=nav_cs_gb&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.amazon.com&amp;#x2F;gp&amp;#x2F;goldbox?ref_=nav_cs_gb&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;- &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ebay.com&amp;#x2F;e&amp;#x2F;row&amp;#x2F;shotime-ohtani&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.ebay.com&amp;#x2F;e&amp;#x2F;row&amp;#x2F;shotime-ohtani&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Japanese design can be wild and very different, but for anything with a very clear  purpose, it will usually end up looking a lot like any other European or US page serving the same purpose.</text></comment>