Ask HN: Your favorite web application design/UI?

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Post by abinoda » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 8:26 PM UTC

I'm redesigning my web application — it's a SAAS app for project management — right now it looks too similar to Basecamp but I'm having trouble breaking out of the tabs-content-sidebar look.

I'm thinking of going with a totally different style.. inspired by http://www.alfredapp.com/

Big type, top-to-bottom, full screen.

What are some of your favorite web application user-interfaces + designs?

Re: Ask HN: Your favorite web application design/UI?

#2

Post by threepointone » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 9:12 PM UTC

While it created a lot of dissatisfied customers, I truly loved the redesign for http://www.thesixtyone.com/ beautiful stuff.

Re: Ask HN: Your favorite web application design/UI?

#3

Post by seanMeverett » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 9:13 PM UTC

looks like the new 37signals homepage

Re: Ask HN: Your favorite web application design/UI?

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Post by hkuo » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 9:19 PM UTC

Perhaps not appropriate for your app, but who knows, maybe? But this is my favorite UI that I've seen in a very long time. Just click on any of the content boxes.

http://spacecollective.org/projects/The-Total-Library

Re: Ask HN: Your favorite web application design/UI?

#5

Post by joelburget » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 9:22 PM UTC

Jason Santa Maria is the only designer whose rss feed I'm subscribed to. Check his porfolio for some projects you'll probably recognize.

http://jasonsantamaria.com/

Re: Ask HN: Your favorite web application design/UI?

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Post by cosgroveb » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 9:32 PM UTC

threepointone wrote: post #2

While it created a lot of dissatisfied customers, I truly loved the redesign for http://www.thesixtyone.com/ beautiful stuff.

Absolutely. The redesign was the first time I had heard of it and I instantly loved it!

Re: Ask HN: Your favorite web application design/UI?

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Post by bherms » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 9:33 PM UTC

I like the http://invoicemachine.com web app interface.

Re: Ask HN: Your favorite web application design/UI?

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Post by bherms » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 9:34 PM UTC

threepointone wrote: post #2

While it created a lot of dissatisfied customers, I truly loved the redesign for http://www.thesixtyone.com/ beautiful stuff.

Whoa! I hadn't been on the site in ages. The design is nuts! I think it's beautiful, yes, but much less functional.

Re: Ask HN: Your favorite web application design/UI?

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Post by wccrawford » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 9:36 PM UTC

hkuo wrote: post #4

Perhaps not appropriate for your app, but who knows, maybe? But this is my favorite UI that I've seen in a very long time. Just click on any of the content boxes. http://spacecollective.org/projects/The-Total-Library

That site has one of my pet peeves. At the top, there is a Flash element. Wanting to see the full site design, I allowed Flash to run on the page. What did I see?

Text.

Just text.

At worst, it would have taken a PNG to produce the same thing, but they decided to create an entire Flash app devoted to displaying some text.

Re: Ask HN: Your favorite web application design/UI?

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Post by wccrawford » Wed, Oct 06, 2010, 9:37 PM UTC

joelburget wrote: post #5

Jason Santa Maria is the only designer whose rss feed I'm subscribed to. Check his porfolio for some projects you'll probably recognize. http://jasonsantamaria.com/

I love that site design. It's very clean and readable for me.