Comments on: Anatomy of a Chinese 网吧 (cybercafe) http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/04/30/anatomy-of-a-chinese-wangba-cybercafe/ Random stuff that I think matters. Int'l politics, linguistics, China, int'l development, society&tech, culture... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:52:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Tom http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/04/30/anatomy-of-a-chinese-wangba-cybercafe/#comment-19838 Tom Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:39:22 +0000 http://reganmian.net/blog/?p=219#comment-19838 It's called Maxthon, and it is built on top of Internet Explorer. It's got a whole bunch of features, like mouse gestures and auto-bookmark sync. In many ways it is optimized for the Chinese Internet -- e.g. it has a prefetch technology which "lights up" with cooperating Chinese websites, but is totally unheard-of in the West. I suspect the politics of the open source community aren't helping it any in China. All that anti-censorship rhetoric, for example. China is also very much raw capitalist, so there isn't as much of the anti-capitalist, anti-Microsoft feeling that has driven much of the open-sourc movement in the West. People in China admire Bill Gates rather than hating him. It’s called Maxthon, and it is built on top of Internet Explorer. It’s got a whole bunch of features, like mouse gestures and auto-bookmark sync. In many ways it is optimized for the Chinese Internet — e.g. it has a prefetch technology which “lights up” with cooperating Chinese websites, but is totally unheard-of in the West.

I suspect the politics of the open source community aren’t helping it any in China. All that anti-censorship rhetoric, for example. China is also very much raw capitalist, so there isn’t as much of the anti-capitalist, anti-Microsoft feeling that has driven much of the open-sourc movement in the West. People in China admire Bill Gates rather than hating him.

]]> By: Chris http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/04/30/anatomy-of-a-chinese-wangba-cybercafe/#comment-17830 Chris Thu, 01 May 2008 03:54:14 +0000 http://reganmian.net/blog/?p=219#comment-17830 As for the browser the Chinese have their own browser, Maxcom or something like that, which is the Firefox equivalent here. Also I remember that QQ has its own browser as well. As for the browser the Chinese have their own browser, Maxcom or something like that, which is the Firefox equivalent here. Also I remember that QQ has its own browser as well.

]]> By: Chris http://reganmian.net/blog/2008/04/30/anatomy-of-a-chinese-wangba-cybercafe/#comment-17829 Chris Thu, 01 May 2008 03:52:28 +0000 http://reganmian.net/blog/?p=219#comment-17829 Thanks for the detailed report. I have been to an Internet cafe in China at most three times since 2001, and as you pointed out there has not been much changes. Cybercafes in China are mostly for gaming, in many of them you won't see any useful applications (such as Office software etc.) Thanks for the detailed report. I have been to an Internet cafe in China at most three times since 2001, and as you pointed out there has not been much changes. Cybercafes in China are mostly for gaming, in many of them you won’t see any useful applications (such as Office software etc.)

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