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No it isn't. They said UIs are different in different cultures because "red implies prosperity and vitality" so prove it. Show me some examples and evidence. A

No it isn't. They said UIs are different in different cultures because "red implies prosperity and vitality" so prove it. Show me some examples and evidence. Anyone can make claims based off of cliches, but when it comes time to back it up with real world examples everyone either goes silent or gets upset and makes the same claim more aggressively. Chinese historical art has a use of red due to cinnabar being believed to be healthy and that persists in a few areas like red envelopes, but 'red means prosperity in some cultures' doesn't mean their computer interfaces are different. Their stop lights are the same too. https://soft4europe-france.com/documentation2018/11-40/EN/docs/html5-changing-language.html https://soft4europe-france.com/documentation2018/11-40/EN/do...

Dylan16807 2y ago
The actual claim was "UI colors can have different meanings in different cultures." I don't know about that prosperity thing, but I can give you an example that happens a lot. Some groups use red to mean stopped and green to mean moving, while others use red to mean danger and moving, and green to mean safe and stopped. This isn't directly country-related but I believe there's significant variation based on location. Oh, wait, while searching to double check that I found an example of exactly what you asked for. CJK stock market displays tend to use red for increases, while the West uses red for decreases.
- CyberDildonics 2y ago
  I searched and I didn't see any examples of that. Oh, wait, I searched again and all I saw was the opposite. Oh, wait, I searched again and still found typical displays.
  - Dylan16807 2y ago
    Here's a couple. I searched for nyse display and china stock market display. There's a lot of examples when you do those searches. https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JH281_0708NY_M_20150708130815.jpg https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JH281_0708NY_M_... https://c8.alamy.com/comp/A14FJ5/a-screen-with-the-market-share-prices-written-in-chinese-for-the-shanghai-A14FJ5.jpg https://c8.alamy.com/comp/A14FJ5/a-screen-with-the-market-sh... You can also do a text search for china red green stocks, or japan red green stocks. Bonus fun fact: If the little display on the taxi in japan is red, that means available, and green means occupied.
    - CyberDildonics 2y ago
      The post I replied to talked about websites and they didn't say different colors were used in some circumstances, they literally mean different things. Why does everyone have the same colors in traffic lights (except for japan's blue lights which comes from language, not cultural significance) https://www.rd.com/article/heres-japan-blue-traffic-lights/ https://www.rd.com/article/heres-japan-blue-traffic-lights/ It's funny that this person speaks multiple languages and actually used different apps but was downvoted anyway. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40271465 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40271465
      - Dylan16807 2y ago
        > The post I replied to talked about websites and they didn't say different colors were used in some circumstances, they literally mean different things. I'll quote it again. "UI colors can have different meanings in different cultures." And all the examples I gave have red meaning opposite things in user interfaces based on cultural assumptions. Off/danger. Number up/number down. Occupied/available. Websites were just one example of UI. > It's funny that this person speaks multiple languages and actually used different apps but was downvoted anyway. They said they haven't seen any. That doesn't override actual examples!
        CyberDildonics 2y ago
        How do you know any of that is cultural and not just something due to arbitrary choices made a long time ago that became standards? If it was cultural then newer designs like computer interfaces would be affected. Also you ignored traffic lights.
        Dylan16807 2y ago
        > arbitrary choices made a long time ago that became standards That sounds like a description of culture. > If it was cultural then newer designs like computer interfaces would be affected. Does the big TV run by a computer not count as an interface? Okay, do you have some pictures of chinese stock websites? > Also you ignored traffic lights. What about them? Yes Japan uses the same color scheme as the US for traffic lights. Because the idea spread that way. I don't see how that's relevant to either of my examples that talked about Japan? ...you're not suggesting that one situation where colors match invalidates situations where colors are different, right?

Dylan16807 2y ago

The actual claim was "UI colors can have different meanings in different cultures." I don't know about that prosperity thing, but I can give you an example that happens a lot. Some groups use red to mean stopped and green to mean moving, while others use red to mean danger and moving, and green to mean safe and stopped. This isn't directly country-related but I believe there's significant variation based on location. Oh, wait, while searching to double check that I found an example of exactly what you asked for. CJK stock market displays tend to use red for increases, while the West uses red for decreases.

CyberDildonics 2y ago
I searched and I didn't see any examples of that. Oh, wait, I searched again and all I saw was the opposite. Oh, wait, I searched again and still found typical displays.
- Dylan16807 2y ago
  Here's a couple. I searched for nyse display and china stock market display. There's a lot of examples when you do those searches. https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JH281_0708NY_M_20150708130815.jpg https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-JH281_0708NY_M_... https://c8.alamy.com/comp/A14FJ5/a-screen-with-the-market-share-prices-written-in-chinese-for-the-shanghai-A14FJ5.jpg https://c8.alamy.com/comp/A14FJ5/a-screen-with-the-market-sh... You can also do a text search for china red green stocks, or japan red green stocks. Bonus fun fact: If the little display on the taxi in japan is red, that means available, and green means occupied.
  - CyberDildonics 2y ago
    The post I replied to talked about websites and they didn't say different colors were used in some circumstances, they literally mean different things. Why does everyone have the same colors in traffic lights (except for japan's blue lights which comes from language, not cultural significance) https://www.rd.com/article/heres-japan-blue-traffic-lights/ https://www.rd.com/article/heres-japan-blue-traffic-lights/ It's funny that this person speaks multiple languages and actually used different apps but was downvoted anyway. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40271465 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40271465
    - Dylan16807 2y ago
      > The post I replied to talked about websites and they didn't say different colors were used in some circumstances, they literally mean different things. I'll quote it again. "UI colors can have different meanings in different cultures." And all the examples I gave have red meaning opposite things in user interfaces based on cultural assumptions. Off/danger. Number up/number down. Occupied/available. Websites were just one example of UI. > It's funny that this person speaks multiple languages and actually used different apps but was downvoted anyway. They said they haven't seen any. That doesn't override actual examples!
      - CyberDildonics 2y ago
        How do you know any of that is cultural and not just something due to arbitrary choices made a long time ago that became standards? If it was cultural then newer designs like computer interfaces would be affected. Also you ignored traffic lights.
        Dylan16807 2y ago
        > arbitrary choices made a long time ago that became standards That sounds like a description of culture. > If it was cultural then newer designs like computer interfaces would be affected. Does the big TV run by a computer not count as an interface? Okay, do you have some pictures of chinese stock websites? > Also you ignored traffic lights. What about them? Yes Japan uses the same color scheme as the US for traffic lights. Because the idea spread that way. I don't see how that's relevant to either of my examples that talked about Japan? ...you're not suggesting that one situation where colors match invalidates situations where colors are different, right?