November 23, 2012 • 21 notes • jennaonline

Why Korea favors Internet Explorer

Ugh I ran into problems with this just the other day and after reading this article it makes so much more sense. I mean, still doesn’t make any sense but at least I know the background. The worst thing for me is not just that you have to use Internet Explorer, it’s that you have to use Internet Explorer 6. Which is so incredibly obsolete some websites that actually live in this decade don’t even support it anymore.

I got a new bankbook at the bank the other day, but because I had been putting off getting a new one for a while I was missing about three months of transactions.  Easy fix, right? Just go online and look at my account there!

Wrong.

Go online, spend ten minutes trying to figure out why nothing is loading, finally realize it’s because you have to use Internet Explorer. Then, since IE crashes every five minutes, try to open all the windows as quickly as possible so you can get somewhere before it fails. Repeat a few times. Finally get to the login page and some prompt pops up saying that I have to download something to my computer to access my account (the ActivX stuff mentioned in the article I’m guessing). Open that program, and it says I need a special PIN number, which I don’t have. Tried every PIN and password I’ve ever associated with that account, to no avail. Finally give up and ask my coteacher to call the bank’s helpline. They can’t give her information about my account since she’s not me, so transfer to the English help line. After explaining my predicament, the woman agrees to fax me my transaction records.

Fax. In 2012.

I will never, ever, ever understand how Korea can have the fastest Internet speeds in the world and yet have no concept of panic-attack-free online banking. Or how to use Chrome.

jennaonline:

The mystery of why one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world favors Internet Explorer over other browsers is revealed!  I’m comforted to know there is a logical reason behind this, and that the entire country isn’t just passionately in love with the worst web browser in existence.  

(via ohheythereworld)

March 26, 2012 • 10 notes

President Obama Answers Three Questions from Korean Netizens

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December 6, 2011 • 42 notes
The ads on Korean websites always make me cringe. There are a few varieties - pictures of gross body problems, girls with very little clothing on, and plastic surgery before and after shots. This screencap is from the website of the Korea Times. Yes, one of the large daily newspapers here in Korea allows banner ads that probably lead to some pretty sketchy sites. I just want to read the news. I don’t want to see cleavage. Thank you.

The ads on Korean websites always make me cringe. There are a few varieties - pictures of gross body problems, girls with very little clothing on, and plastic surgery before and after shots.

This screencap is from the website of the Korea Times. Yes, one of the large daily newspapers here in Korea allows banner ads that probably lead to some pretty sketchy sites.

I just want to read the news. I don’t want to see cleavage. Thank you.

October 18, 2011

South Korea's Video Game Addiction

South Korea is the most-wired country in the world—and online games are the new drug of choice for its youth.

September 21, 2011 • 6 notes • dl.dropbox.com

S. Korea tops in Internet download speeds

koreanewsline:

South Korea enjoyed the world’s fastest Internet download speeds during the first half of 2011, according to a study conducted by Pando Networks. Perhaps more surprising were the four countries that followed: Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Latvia. South Korean download speeds averaged 2,202 kbps — almost four times faster than the No.  United States at 616 kbps. The cities with the fastest download speeds: Seocho, Suwon and Ansan. 

(via koreastandardtime)