Ask HN: What are some well-designed websites?

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Linear

Aah, that's always a controversial question, on one hand, some universal rules of usability do exist, but on the other hand, everyone's habits, taste and use cases are very different. The most neutral definition of a "well designed" website, without any further context, could be "created in a way that helps users achieve intended goals efficiently, while keeping max number of users happy about its look". Again, different audiences will have very different answers. Here at HN, sites like https://www.mcmaster.com/ and https://www.craigslist.org win – because HN users appreciate old look and how efficient these sites are. https://www.apple.com/ is an industry standard of a marketing site for consumer tech. It's not universally "well designed". Other examples of well done marketing pages: https://www.sketch.com/ ; https://statamic.com/ ; https://linear.app/ got its share of hype recently. Other times, a website is well designed because its content is awesome and is easy to consume. See https://ciechanow.ski/ and https://www.joshwcomeau.com/ Is https://github.com/ well designed? Hmm, at a glance, there's no design at all. Is no design also design? That's a rabbit hole. P.S. I often hear my website is well-designed :-).

#Project Management #Task Management #Productivity 121 social mentions

2

Godly Website

#Web App #Design Tools #Tech 22 social mentions

3

Stripe

For me Stripe is the peak for a product/company website: https://stripe.com/ I heard some people admire https://linear.app/ but I don't see the appeal myself Majority of websites often fall into one of two categories: 1. Traditional off the shelf template 2. Look cool but fail when it comes to usability and robustness (those featured on awwwards).

#Online Payments #Recurring Billing #eCommerce Tools 240 social mentions

4

Lichess

I think https://lichess.org is wonderful and always bring it up as an example of a great UI.

#Chess #Games #Online Games 893 social mentions

5

Statamic

Aah, that's always a controversial question, on one hand, some universal rules of usability do exist, but on the other hand, everyone's habits, taste and use cases are very different. The most neutral definition of a "well designed" website, without any further context, could be "created in a way that helps users achieve intended goals efficiently, while keeping max number of users happy about its look". Again, different audiences will have very different answers. Here at HN, sites like https://www.mcmaster.com/ and https://www.craigslist.org win – because HN users appreciate old look and how efficient these sites are. https://www.apple.com/ is an industry standard of a marketing site for consumer tech. It's not universally "well designed". Other examples of well done marketing pages: https://www.sketch.com/ ; https://statamic.com/ ; https://linear.app/ got its share of hype recently. Other times, a website is well designed because its content is awesome and is easy to consume. See https://ciechanow.ski/ and https://www.joshwcomeau.com/ Is https://github.com/ well designed? Hmm, at a glance, there's no design at all. Is no design also design? That's a rabbit hole. P.S. I often hear my website is well-designed :-).

#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 48 social mentions

6

htmx

Aah, that's always a controversial question, on one hand, some universal rules of usability do exist, but on the other hand, everyone's habits, taste and use cases are very different. The most neutral definition of a "well designed" website, without any further context, could be "created in a way that helps users achieve intended goals efficiently, while keeping max number of users happy about its look". Again, different audiences will have very different answers. Here at HN, sites like https://www.mcmaster.com/ and https://www.craigslist.org win – because HN users appreciate old look and how efficient these sites are. https://www.apple.com/ is an industry standard of a marketing site for consumer tech. It's not universally "well designed". Other examples of well done marketing pages: https://www.sketch.com/ ; https://statamic.com/ ; https://linear.app/ got its share of hype recently. Other times, a website is well designed because its content is awesome and is easy to consume. See https://ciechanow.ski/ and https://www.joshwcomeau.com/ Is https://github.com/ well designed? Hmm, at a glance, there's no design at all. Is no design also design? That's a rabbit hole. P.S. I often hear my website is well-designed :-).

#Software Development #Javascript UI Libraries #JavaScript 65 social mentions

7

GitHub

Aah, that's always a controversial question, on one hand, some universal rules of usability do exist, but on the other hand, everyone's habits, taste and use cases are very different. The most neutral definition of a "well designed" website, without any further context, could be "created in a way that helps users achieve intended goals efficiently, while keeping max number of users happy about its look". Again, different audiences will have very different answers. Here at HN, sites like https://www.mcmaster.com/ and https://www.craigslist.org win – because HN users appreciate old look and how efficient these sites are. https://www.apple.com/ is an industry standard of a marketing site for consumer tech. It's not universally "well designed". Other examples of well done marketing pages: https://www.sketch.com/ ; https://statamic.com/ ; https://linear.app/ got its share of hype recently. Other times, a website is well designed because its content is awesome and is easy to consume. See https://ciechanow.ski/ and https://www.joshwcomeau.com/ Is https://github.com/ well designed? Hmm, at a glance, there's no design at all. Is no design also design? That's a rabbit hole. P.S. I often hear my website is well-designed :-).

#Code Collaboration #Git #Version Control 2038 social mentions

8

Steam Database

#Games #Group Chat & Notifications #Comparison 680 social mentions

9

Fig Terminal

Slightly tangential, but where do people get awesome landing pages like linear(https://fig.io/,.

#SSH #Server Management #Terminal Tools 37 social mentions

10

Excalidraw

Modern at first sight, but quickly dull the senses. Passable for their supreme usability (the Vercel dashboard works better on mobile than many websites on desktop). On the bottom right corners are the grandiloquent, the pompous, the extravagant. See them on Awwwards. Somehow, I feel a sizeable of Web3 websites fall into this, though I have only superficial exposure to them, with their overuse of transitions and animations. It's hard to find the exemplary websites, the residents of the top right corner. Some suggest the apple.com website, which I feel is certainly worthy of consideration but whose style I don't really grok. I shall leave here some suggestions, whose merits I hope is clear upon the first visit: - https://build.mmm.page - https://excalidraw.com - https://laracon.net - https://krasjet.com/rnd.wlk/julia - https://wise.com - https://cal.com - https://freefaces.gallery.

#Sketching #Digital Whiteboard #Digital Drawing And Painting 206 social mentions

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Cal.com

Modern at first sight, but quickly dull the senses. Passable for their supreme usability (the Vercel dashboard works better on mobile than many websites on desktop). On the bottom right corners are the grandiloquent, the pompous, the extravagant. See them on Awwwards. Somehow, I feel a sizeable of Web3 websites fall into this, though I have only superficial exposure to them, with their overuse of transitions and animations. It's hard to find the exemplary websites, the residents of the top right corner. Some suggest the apple.com website, which I feel is certainly worthy of consideration but whose style I don't really grok. I shall leave here some suggestions, whose merits I hope is clear upon the first visit: - https://build.mmm.page - https://excalidraw.com - https://laracon.net - https://krasjet.com/rnd.wlk/julia - https://wise.com - https://cal.com - https://freefaces.gallery.

#APIs #Open Source #Calendar And Scheduling 53 social mentions

12

mmm.page

Modern at first sight, but quickly dull the senses. Passable for their supreme usability (the Vercel dashboard works better on mobile than many websites on desktop). On the bottom right corners are the grandiloquent, the pompous, the extravagant. See them on Awwwards. Somehow, I feel a sizeable of Web3 websites fall into this, though I have only superficial exposure to them, with their overuse of transitions and animations. It's hard to find the exemplary websites, the residents of the top right corner. Some suggest the apple.com website, which I feel is certainly worthy of consideration but whose style I don't really grok. I shall leave here some suggestions, whose merits I hope is clear upon the first visit: - https://build.mmm.page - https://excalidraw.com - https://laracon.net - https://krasjet.com/rnd.wlk/julia - https://wise.com - https://cal.com - https://freefaces.gallery.

#Web App #Design Tools #Website Builder 23 social mentions