Ask HN: what are the best looking web application user interfaces?

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by hoodoof • 14 years ago

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What are sexiest, most stylish AND functional web application user interfaces you know? I'm NOT talking here about garden variety websites. Talking about web applications that are functional, that require significant user interaction.

benologist• 14 years ago

Stripe's dashboard is pretty but you've set a pretty hazy bar on what qualifies.

abozi• 14 years ago

Here's a question on Quora, which I found very helpful and it keeps on getting updated.

http://www.quora.com/What-startup-homepages-are-most-simple-...

kellros• 14 years ago

I would never attribute 'sexy' to a website.

Stylish and functional, I'd suggest you take a look at lifehacker.com . Functionality wise, it depends on what's appropiate for the type of website. There's a reason why portal websites are rarely being used (except on say, company intranets). Stylish I would attribute to a lot of things including layout, conciseness, typography, certain interactivity, considerate and a few others including things like support for graceful degradation where appropiate.

A website in my eyes is something someone visits with predetermined intentions looking to satisfy themselves within a specific niche. This described behavior doesn't differ from real world examples such as when you go to a supermarket to buy food.

Ask HN: what are the best looking web application user interfaces?

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