[deepinsand]

I think a lot of it is cultural. If you look at any portal or popular site in Asia, it's crammed with information and call-outs.

OTOH, US sites and apps have been moving in the opposite direction. Facebook itself acknowledged this by moving to an "unbundled" app development strategy.

[seferphier]

That may be true in the past. However, if you taken a look at recent designs, they have been moving towards minimalism.

see: http://pan.baidu.com/wap/welcome