Well-placed Pixels - a visual record of beautiful software

by DeusExMachina • 16 years ago

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ugh2• 16 years ago

Sadly terribly Mac centric. There must be great looking Windows, Linux or Android software out there, right? Or web apps?

moe• 16 years ago

I like the focus on desktop/mobile apps, there already are plenty of "pretty website" aggregators around (see CSSRemix etc.).

I also like the selection, most of these apps do indeed look awesome. If you know a good-looking win/lin/android program then why not submit it to him?

ugh2• 16 years ago

I honestly don’t know any – that’s why I would like a website focusing on that :)

Groxx2• 16 years ago

There are definitely some, but a quick glance at a random X programs will convince you that Apple's products have a relative monopoly on design-centric applications. Except web apps, some of those are really impressive.

I fully expect this to gain more focus on Windows & Linux, and it has had a significant impact already. But other platforms are far more polluted by old, nasty looking software than OSX & iPhone, and Apple pretty much started the current trend towards better GUI design, despite there clearly being a desire in the market for it for a long time.

I'd have liked to see at least one from those categories, but it would be much more difficult. I have several applications on my Mac that could fit in that post, and I have never had one on Windows, despite having used literally several thousand Windows applications. Some design-centric, but none beautiful (a custom interface does not necessarily mean it's a good one). Sure, some have been shiny / beautiful in locations A, B, and C, but none all the way through to Z. There has always been several massive oversights that break with the small fluid goodness.

All of this is excluding games, of course. Games are generally well and "completely" designed on all platforms pretty equally (sans iPhone).

edit: oh, forgot to add. I'd be very interested in what other HN people can find out there on Win/Linux. I've seen very little, but I haven't looked for it very much.

lotharbot• 16 years ago

One beautiful web app/game: http://www.playauditorium.com/

Janteh• 16 years ago

Almost all applications are either for the iPhone or for the Mac. I also notice and appreciate the sophistication of a lot of these kind of programs. I still enjoy Tweetie's awesome iPhone UI every day I use it.

jamesbritt• 16 years ago

"Almost all applications are either for the iPhone or for the Mac. "

And almost all of them look pretty much the same, with the fake 3-D and ubiquitous faux curved gloss.

It's a look that's gotten tiresome and distracting.

bruceboughton• 16 years ago

Oh dear, I will be getting a large invoice from Apple in a few days times...

Well-placed Pixels - a visual record of beautiful software

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