Comments on: Globalization vs Localization Website Design

By: Webdesign Roosendaal

Webdesign Roosendaal — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:44:20 +0000

Nice article, but do you really think website designs can be localized? You mean certain designs are a trend in, for example, Holland? I haven’t really noticed that before here.

I gotta admit though, I’m working with some freelance graphic designers in Belgium, and their style is completely different from anything I’ve seen in the Netherlands. A bit more chaotic and daring. Less rules.

To be honest, I really don’t care if it’s a globalized or localized design, as long as it looks great and not TOO familiar. It’s gotta be a little bit original.

By: Website Marketing Design

Website Marketing Design — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:58:30 +0000

I think designers should keep their themes/template clean and easy for visitors, no matter where they come from. Their websites are only made to provide information to the people, I really don’t think may people care unless they can’t find what they are looking for. The top priority for designers should be easy navigation.

By: hongkiat

hongkiat — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:29:29 +0000

@Nur I’ve gotta agree with you, the MY gov really have to spend some time revising their web design and functionality. Globalization or localization, it’s no reason to be that bad. There’s seriously too many room for improvements.

@da blonde. It sucks, doesn’t it? You always start off so ambitious, professionally wanted to help them get a really good changeover but end up just-doing-what-they-want.

Sometimes I feel bad for corporate junior designers because they totally have no say at all, it makes them tools for shallow decision makers who don’t know much about web, let alone design.

By: Sandy Saini

Sandy Saini — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:25:29 +0000

Really good review! and thanks for short description of each gallery!

By: Muhammad Nur

Muhammad Nur — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:31:57 +0000

Haha miss the flashy things. Yeah dumping all the contents in the main page seem to work for them.

By: Muhammad Nur

Muhammad Nur — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:27:20 +0000

Sorry about the links, it’s for the readers to know more about the terms.

Chill out man, I’m not pointing hand here. If you read the whole article, I never blame anybody. I’m just sharing my opinion.

By: Bill Stone

Bill Stone — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:00:35 +0000

Why do you have all those irrelevant links to wikipedia articles cluttering your page and distracting the reader from smoothly following your content?

Soooooooo, your aesthetic sensibility is different from some other people. Big deal… what do you expect??? You seem to have decided that you are “right” and they are “wrong”. Why? Have you talked to someone… maybe a psychologist… about this?

By: da blonde is back! --------->Mt. Kinabalu 2000km

da blonde is back! --------->Mt. Kinabalu 2000km — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:29:10 +0000

mat nur!!! i’ve been facing the same situation before. hehe. as a designer cum slave, most orgs managers are from the baby boomers era (they’re very conservative in thinking). unlike us whose came from the generation X and Y whereas we can easily adapt quickly to any changes, these managers seems hard to accept those so called “globalization web designs”.

in the end, we as designers dump all contents in the main page plus a heavy flash based banner (ohhhhh flash based banner is a must in every org website — especially animated fireworks). hahaha. not to mention all those funky contradict colours. hahaa

did u realize that younger & web 2.0 savvy managers like your boss are the total opposite of those dinasours in Bolehland orgs? hehe juzt my 2 cents.

By: CSS Brigit | Globalization vs Localization Website Design

CSS Brigit | Globalization vs Localization Website Design — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:37:30 +0000

Globalization vs Localization Website Design…

Designer out there must have faced a problem that your design got rejected sometime. I want to discuss one of the reason.
The reason is because we always got inspired by the globalization designs. What I mean by globalization design?
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By: Muhammad Nur

Muhammad Nur — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:13:56 +0000

Sad but true, anyway I’m stopping all my project for now due to personal reason. You’re also right actually, I do speak up my opinion. But when you’re working with client that are perfectionist, they sometimes make ridiculous changes that make us end up like their own employees. We just have to listen to them.

Another thing, they never think about us. They always dragging time from a 2 weeks project can become 2 months projects. Clearly we are not their employees, we’re being paid by project. So dragging time cause us a lot of trouble.