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I am looking for sites to get ideas from, and model my designs after.
What web site awards are worth the pixes they are displayed on? In a quick search, I have decided most web site awards are worthless for my purposes. There have to be some good ones out there?
I hope this question is ok for this site, which I know is normally against the posting of URLs. It seems very on topic to me, and am sure many would benefit from examples that are dug up.
Nobody suggest their own site. Popular sites are what I'm looking for...not Joe's web design page.
So, what sites do you admire? Why is just as important as the site, so explain why.
For example, I have heard GE is a great example of a good usable site design, but visually it is very non-appealing to me. Google is clean, but void of any real content on the homepage. Google isn't a very useful example, as most people don't run pure search engines.
-Pete
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By far the most informative, easy to use, understandable and up to date site I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing.
Look at the attraction, the people partcipation, the knowledge base, et al.
It truely is the best!
Correct choice of contrast colors are very importaint as id font type and size.
accesability is also something that needs to be addresses. I have seen a lot of sites doing a great job with this issue lately by offering text only versions with incresed font size ect.
sites I dont like. anything that pops up anything. Any sound that plays with out me requesting it. large image files that take ages to download then move the text when they finaly do. exessive dhtml effects. esessive use of flash although this can be effective of used properly with a standard html page. flash only pages that act as intros without a skip link.
I hate with a passion any site that states designed for xxxxx browser. I recentkly saw this on a web designers homepage. not very confidence inspiring.
Sites that use blind links. I have no time for these sites.
interesting question and I am sure there will be interesting answers aswell.
however what is your definition of a great web site, is it based on:
1, The designers opinion.
2, The users opinion.
3, The SEs opinion.
4, The bank managers opinion.
There are very few sites which have got it "absolutely" right, reason being designers want to create a visual piece of art, marketing want it to look like off-line material and SEO wants it to be text based.
Interesting to see you mention Google, however for them the following applies:
1, The user loves it.
2, The SEO lives by it.
3, The publisher/business relies on it.
4, The city/banks adore it.
you cant say that about many sites out there.
and with that I rest my case for the moment.
Shak
