Favorite Sites

barnesdr

So what are the web sites that you enjoy/admire/draw inspiration from? PHP or otherwise... and what do you like about them?

Show off your own sites too!

barnesdr

I guess nobody else is as bored as me then.

Elizabeth

This may sound cheesy, but I really admire Amazon's website. We also run an ecommerce website, and we have gotten some great ideas from them. It is really a challenge for them to offer such a diverse spread of products and still allow such great navigation throughout the site.

I'll admit, their upselling is a little much at times, but it can be helpful I guess to some people. Their images are always there, their shopping cart always works, their searches are always functional. It is an amazing site.

I guess that's why they get the "big bucks" LOL.

Just my .02

-Elizabeth

clintonium

Where to start...

I look to different sites for inspiration at different times...I'm usually impressed by sites that help me spark new creative thoughts or that remind me of design principles I can incorporate with whatever project I'm working on at the time. Since I'm in the visual design phase of a project right now I'm thinking of visual examples rather than functional or informational ones. So here are some sites that have caught my eye over the past couple weeks:

http://fr.abalonegames.com/

http://www.phpbb.com/

http://www.the-control-group.com/ (Flash)

http://www.hkcorp.com.au/

Bunkermaster

🙂

http://www.joshuadavis.com/ (click different projects)
http://www.goarmy.com/

Shadeless

he, would say my own.. i enjoy 😛, but it sucks so much i don't dare to post it in here 🙂.

i generaly like every site with content, and no banners 😃

ow yes and google..(if that counts) my favourite search engine site 😛

clintonium

The Joshua Davis stuff is some of the most impressive flash work I've seen. Very cool.

And Google...Google is where I go when I click the little house on my browser's toolbar... 🙂 Google is pretty much the most useful site ever made. Even the ads are useful. Having no Google would be like having no arms.

Elizabeth

Agreed on the Google thing!
I installed the Google Toolbar so I have it at my fingertips whenever I need it! Most awesome. Definitely a plug for "Simple is Good."

-Elizabeth

Bunkermaster

Indeed 🙂 google bar owns (play with cached page display)

Elizabeth

Ok, I admit- I'm resurrecting this old post because I had a change of heart.. I fear I must take back half the nice things I said about Amazon's website.
There is not ONE PHONE NUMBER listed on the entire site, if you have questions or problems with an order. :mad: I mean, I see their point- nobody wants to talk all day to idiots who can't order online, but actual human contact would have been nice.

-Elizabeth

crickettdt

Hmm - i always get lost on amazon - although that might just be the UK site. I hadn't realised id paid for something once, and was expecting to put my payment details in, and it already had them. Mindreaders!