Comments on: Yahoo Comparison Exposes Quirky Japanese Culture

By: Peter Payne

Peter Payne — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 12:14:59 +0000

On an EEE PC here. It’s not so good but then it serves me right for being on an EEE PC.

By: Chris B

Chris B — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:40:24 +0000

I use a DELL 24″ 1920X1200 (?) so I am sure people with smaller screens hate my layout.

I run fullscreen with dropaway browser.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:17:04 +0000

Yes you are right Nick and it was the font size not the width. I’m learning new things everyday!!!
Keith

By: Nick Ramsay

Nick Ramsay — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:45:28 +0000

Yep, but we all used that resolution a few years ago. I’m currently on 1440×900, so even 1024×768 looks chunky to me

We must read different BBC websites because the one I see is still slim enough for 800px users, but I’m sure they’ll change soon. I do remember them giving the site a face lift, and they might have made the font smaller or something, but they haven’t changed the width yet.

By: Nick Ramsay

Nick Ramsay — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:38:34 +0000

Good point, and that reminds me why I prefer desktops to laptops - I can attach two monitors!

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:02:14 +0000

After reading this, as “Contamination” did, I too did a quick check and sheesh, 800×600 is really only for people who have eyesight problems is it not?? Trying to take everything in at a glance is nearly impossible and 1024 does allow you to do this.
I do remember the BBC website changing over and at the time, thought something was wrong with my computer screen haa haa haa. I’m not the most computer savy person in the world!!!!!!!
Keith

By: Ken Y-N

Ken Y-N — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:05:02 +0000

Nick, although most of your readers may be using a 1024×768 display, not everyone runs full screen!

By: Nick Ramsay

Nick Ramsay — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:21:41 +0000

Yeah, this blog used to be 800px wide, but only about 5% were reading with 800×600, so I made the change to 1024. Of course, 5% of Yahoo’s readers is a very big number, but I think they’ve done the right thing.

IE7 was crashing on me throughout December, so I’ve switched to Firefox. If Microsoft fix the problems with IE7 then I’ll switch back because Firefox is an ugly, slow, piece of junk! Oh well, at least it’s stable. :rolleyes:

By: www.japansoc.com

www.japansoc.com — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:02:48 +0000

Examining Japanese Culture with Yahoo…

Take a look at this comparison of Japan’s new-look Yahoo homepage, and the .com version. You’ll see all kinds of cultural differences from the menu alone. I’ve highlighted such Japanese interests as pets, beauty, shopping, superstitions, rail and fo…

By: Contamination

Contamination — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:00:25 +0000

Upon checking the stats of my readers, the vast majority have 1024 or higher - of course I also use 1024 myself.

For the purposes of testing for this comment, I quickly checked at 800×600 - it hurt my eyes. Too chunky!

Though IE looks better at lower resolutions than FF.