Best-Designed Sites on the Web by Popular Vote
December 11, 2007 7:14 AM Subscribe
CommandShift3 is like Hot or Not. Except, instead of clicking on hot babes, you click on hot websites. It's actually a pretty nice way to check out good design on the web.
It's also the key combo to do a screenshot on a mac.
It's also the key combo to do a screenshot on a mac.
Um, I mean Kottke. I also love the fact the MeFi beats AskMe. Go blue!
posted by Horace Rumpole at 7:23 AM on December 11, 2007
posted by Horace Rumpole at 7:23 AM on December 11, 2007
"Hot babes," "hot websites," and then the "screenshot on a mac" remark... where's the NSFW tag?
posted by three blind mice at 7:25 AM on December 11, 2007
posted by three blind mice at 7:25 AM on December 11, 2007
Yes, the blue of MeFi is much better design than the green of AskMe.
posted by MattS at 7:28 AM on December 11, 2007
posted by MattS at 7:28 AM on December 11, 2007
The "worst ever" weren't good, but they weren't the worst ever either.
posted by DU at 7:32 AM on December 11, 2007
posted by DU at 7:32 AM on December 11, 2007
Mefi would score even higher if it were black text on white. You know it would.
posted by ardgedee at 7:44 AM on December 11, 2007
posted by ardgedee at 7:44 AM on December 11, 2007
Just like hot or not, this equates web design with visual design, but anyone who's had to actually use a website (or a person) knows that looking pretty is about 15% of what makes it good.
posted by hoverboards don't work on water at 7:55 AM on December 11, 2007 [4 favorites]
posted by hoverboards don't work on water at 7:55 AM on December 11, 2007 [4 favorites]
I keep picking the losers, so I should probably stop playing.
posted by jquinby at 9:00 AM on December 11, 2007
posted by jquinby at 9:00 AM on December 11, 2007
Who is submitting these sites? Several of the worst are parked domain pages -- one of the worst is just a text rendering of 43 Folders' RSS feed.
posted by camcgee at 9:52 AM on December 11, 2007
posted by camcgee at 9:52 AM on December 11, 2007
There were a few times (Craigslist) where people seem to ignore the complexity of the information being displayed and just chose the prettier picture.
These bastards ruined my chance at a perfect score.
posted by oddman at 12:49 PM on December 11, 2007
These bastards ruined my chance at a perfect score.
posted by oddman at 12:49 PM on December 11, 2007
Right, it's possible to determine the quality of a site's design by looking at a screenshot of its homepage. Riiiiight.
Coming soon: judge-a-book-by-its-cover.com!
posted by ook at 1:26 PM on December 11, 2007
Coming soon: judge-a-book-by-its-cover.com!
posted by ook at 1:26 PM on December 11, 2007
Sounds more like "web pages that suck" only without any of the things that make me want to go look at web pages that suck.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 6:38 PM on December 11, 2007
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 6:38 PM on December 11, 2007
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