A Collection of Great Web Apps and Startups

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Post by stulogy » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 10:51 AM UTC

A Collection of Great Web Apps and Startups
greatwebapps.com

Re: A Collection of Great Web Apps and Startups

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Post by rrival » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 12:50 PM UTC

They're attractive designs, but you should probably mention you're Halogy's official rep, or someone might think you're gaming yc for commercial gain.

Re: A Collection of Great Web Apps and Startups

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Post by stulogy » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 1:06 PM UTC

rrival wrote: post #2

They're attractive designs, but you should probably mention you're Halogy's official rep, or someone might think you're gaming yc for commercial gain.

Hey, sure I'll remove the link to Halogy. That was totally not the idea behind mentioning the site - it's non-biased. There are a lot of competing web apps on there, so the link at the bottom is purely coincidental. I'll remove it now just to avoid any suspicion. Thanks for pointing it out.

Re: A Collection of Great Web Apps and Startups

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Post by red_malang » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 1:29 PM UTC

interesting how similar these designs are - are these some off-the-shelf parts everybody but me knows about (leaving aside premium wordpress themes)? why do my webapps looks so sucky ?

Re: A Collection of Great Web Apps and Startups

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Post by stulogy » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 1:32 PM UTC

red_malang wrote: post #4

interesting how similar these designs are - are these some off-the-shelf parts everybody but me knows about (leaving aside premium wordpress themes)? why do my webapps looks so sucky ?

I've noticed that too. Every time a new web app comes along, they often have the same website design. Screenshot on the right (with reflection), Tour and Signup on the left, features underneath and then some endorsements and company logos. All very similar. However there are some, like that Notebox app which do break the mould.

Re: A Collection of Great Web Apps and Startups

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Post by red_malang » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 1:34 PM UTC

stulogy wrote: post #5

red_malang wrote: post #4

interesting how similar these designs are - are these some off-the-shelf parts everybody but me knows about (leaving aside premium wordpress themes)? why do my webapps looks so sucky ?

I've noticed that too. Every time a new web app comes along, they often have the same website design. Screenshot on the right (with reflection), Tour and Signup on the left, features underneath and then some endorsements and company logos. All very similar. However there are some, like that Notebox app which do break the mould.

+ also that bi-colour thing. Either that or apple-like icons.

Re: A Collection of Great Web Apps and Startups

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 1:36 PM UTC

stulogy wrote: post #5

red_malang wrote: post #4

interesting how similar these designs are - are these some off-the-shelf parts everybody but me knows about (leaving aside premium wordpress themes)? why do my webapps looks so sucky ?

I've noticed that too. Every time a new web app comes along, they often have the same website design. Screenshot on the right (with reflection), Tour and Signup on the left, features underneath and then some endorsements and company logos. All very similar. However there are some, like that Notebox app which do break the mould.

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Re: A Collection of Great Web Apps and Startups

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Post by stulogy » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 1:36 PM UTC

red_malang wrote: post #6

stulogy wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've noticed that too. Every time a new web app comes along, they often have the same website design. Screenshot on the right (with reflection), Tour and Signup on the left, features underneath and then some endorsements and company logos. All very similar. However there are some, like that Notebox app which do break the mould.

+ also that bi-colour thing. Either that or apple-like icons.

Apple-like icons? Surely not. No-one would surely dare to copy Apple right?

Re: A Collection of Great Web Apps and Startups

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Post by red_malang » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 1:47 PM UTC

stulogy wrote: post #8

red_malang wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

+ also that bi-colour thing. Either that or apple-like icons.

Apple-like icons? Surely not. No-one would surely dare to copy Apple right?

what WAS i thinking.

Re: A Collection of Great Web Apps and Startups

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Post by jasonlbaptiste » Tue, Aug 31, 2010, 2:21 PM UTC

red_malang wrote: post #4

interesting how similar these designs are - are these some off-the-shelf parts everybody but me knows about (leaving aside premium wordpress themes)? why do my webapps looks so sucky ?

via cloudomatic.com I've looked at hundreds of pricing pages. holy shit, there are a lot of similarities. I've always wanted to do a deep deep analysis there.