A Collection of Great Web Apps and Startups

by stulogy • 16 years ago

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rrival• 16 years ago

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.

stulogy4• 16 years ago

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.

red_malang3• 16 years ago

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 ?

stulogy4• 16 years ago

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.

red_malang3• 16 years ago

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

jasonlbaptiste• 16 years ago

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.

cowboyhero• 16 years ago

True. I imagine it's the same as in programming -- trends get hot and people run with them.

A craze for MVC full stack frameworks in web development is not entirely dissimilar to a craze for subtly textured backgrounds and slab serif typefaces like Archer in design.

stulogy4• 16 years ago

Hah. Yeah the most important thing though is always quality of the content, over the aesthetic of the design. But nice design is always the icing on the cake. Good information architecture always beats pretty design in my opinion.

cosgroveb• 16 years ago

i went through several pages of this blog and one thing really stands out to me: why are there so many webapps for tracking billable time? it seems like a problem that's been solved at least a hundred times.

sabat• 16 years ago

I read over the first page and didn't see a single app that hadn't already been done ad nauseum.

clstrfckr• 16 years ago

check out carecloud.com

whimsy• 16 years ago

OhLife is there, but 750words.com is not?

A Collection of Great Web Apps and Startups

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