FLASH: Internet use in Japan

[Laura Hamilton]

Virgil Vergara wrote:

"My opinion about Japan is that it hasn't warmed up to the Internet like it

has over here in the US. Maybe in the next couple of years. So I have to

think that not many people use flash or looked at sites using flash compared

to the US. The access rates are way too expensive to indulge in a site using

flash."


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I just looked at some interesting stats at

http://websnapshot.mycomputer.com/languages.html that show that of all

languages used by web surfers, Japanese is the most predominant...more so

than English! It doesn't make obvious sense to me right away, but there it

is.


Just from my own personal experience, I would have to say that a greater

percentage of Japanese are online than Americans.


There is a separate page that shows stats on plug-ins at

http://websnapshot.mycomputer.com/languages.html. That shows that 95.4% of

web surfers have the Flash plug-in installed.


Combine those two stats and you should be able to show that the Japanese are

no laggards when it comes to Flash and/or the Internet in general.


Laura Hamilton

Web Design/Usability



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