13 Responses to “10 Outstanding Website Designs”

1. Honour Chick Says:
   December 21st, 2008 at 1:35 am

   not bad

2. Ram Says:
   December 24th, 2008 at 2:15 pm

   hi paulo

   they look very good.can you tell me what are the parameters that you use to judge the quality. i have a peculiar problem. I live by the mantra that Less is More but have a high content site http://www.findnearyou.com where i am struggling to simplify the UI but at the same time provide the least number of clicks to the desired results.

   check out and gimme ur two pennies also if u have the time

   thanks
   ram
   http://www.findearyou.com
   making everyday decisions simpleR…

3. Paulo Miranda Says:
   December 26th, 2008 at 11:40 am

   Hi Ram,

   Thanks a lot for the feedback. Actually I don’t follow any strict rules to choose these sites, I usually choose the ones that makes me feel good, that are user-friendly and have stunning visual design. However, you made me think if there is any hidden unconscious parameter I use and I concluded that they always have got not more than 3 main colors and slight variations of these colors.

   I took a look at your site, as you said it has got a lot of content. I personally would avoid unnecessary clicks switching the tree layout in the left sidebar to a “on mouse over menu” without long hierarchies. You can try to use the “most recent”, “most rated” or “most viewed” tags to filter the content inside the topics. You should try to improve your rounded corners too.

   It seems you use tables for layout, try to use xhtml and css for layout without tables and you will gain a lot of flexibility. If you need a good JS toolkit to get the things done, I suggest Dojotoolkit or Jquery.

   Follow your mantra and everything will be fine!

   Glad you liked our list! Don’t hesitate to suggest us anything you want!
   Happy New Year!

4. Egils Grikis Says:
   January 1st, 2009 at 10:49 pm

   Days of Riga (Latvia) in Kobe (Japan).

5. Egils Grikis Says:
   January 1st, 2009 at 10:49 pm

   http://www.rigascope.jp/

6. web 2.0 designer Says:
   January 9th, 2009 at 5:58 pm

   Nice designs…Thanks!

7. Ram Says:
   September 1st, 2009 at 2:52 pm

   Hi Paul

   Thanks a lot for the inputs. we have revamped our site now and have added some interesting new twists to traditional search. Its kind of bare and lacking the design completeness and i am working on it but your inputs would be great. we also have a platform for community to contribute based on location called http://www.areapal.com Your suggestions are always welcome

   Ram

8. Paulo Miranda Says:
   September 2nd, 2009 at 10:17 am

   Hi Ram, the new design of findnearyou.com is awesome. I love it! Nothing to suggest.

   About the areapal.com, I only think that the front page should include a tagline explaining the purpose of the site.

   Thanks for your feedback!

9. Anonymous Says:
   September 16th, 2009 at 11:37 pm

   Hi !
   My first commentary on Your blog, much like You to read

10. Paulo Miranda Says:
    September 17th, 2009 at 12:22 am

    You are welcome!

11. Queenie Ross Says:
    November 7th, 2009 at 7:28 am

    What an excellent blog, I’ve added your feed to my RSS reader.

12. Paulo Miranda Says:
    November 10th, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    Hi Queenie,

    Thanks. Glad you liked my blog.

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    December 31st, 2009 at 10:16 am

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