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Ask HN: Where do you go for web app design inspiration?
I'm currently working on an in-house web app (…which will be released as open source when it's nearing completion), relating to video distributio. Think of it as TubeMogul, without the statistics.
The problem is that I'm mainly a programmer, and not a designer. For this project, I have the responsibility for both. Although I tend to have an eye for design, and I can execute fairly well, I have a hard time coming up with good ideas.
So, I'm wondering: Where do you go for web application inspiration? There are tons of «CSS Galleries» out there, but few/none relating specifically to web applications.
- terrellm 17y agohttp://emberapp.com/explore/categories/ http://emberapp.com/explore/categories/ is sort of like a Flickr for artists/designers with lots of user-submitted screenshots. http://themeforest.net/category/site-templates/admin-skins http://themeforest.net/category/site-templates/admin-skins has actual HTML+CSS coded templates for sale.
- jacquesm 17y agohttp://www.templatemonster.com/ http://www.templatemonster.com/
- profquail 17y agohttp://alistapart.com http://alistapart.com http://www.sitepoint.com http://www.sitepoint.com http://www.sixrevisions.com http://www.sixrevisions.com http://www.smashingmagazine.com http://www.smashingmagazine.com http://psdvibe.com http://psdvibe.com
- replicatorblog 17y agohttp://www.smashingmagazine.com http://www.smashingmagazine.com is always packed with inspirational designs, often with downloadable templates to base your work on.
- suber 17y agoAgree on smashing mag, also look at Speckyboy: http://speckyboy.com/2009/09/02/50-inspiring-web-application-and-service-web-site-designs/ http://speckyboy.com/2009/09/02/50-inspiring-web-application... Yahoo has a UI repository as well: http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/ http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/
- suber 17y agoAlso, check out ui pattern libraries: http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/ http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/ http://www.welie.com/patterns/ http://www.welie.com/patterns/ http://ui-patterns.com/ http://ui-patterns.com/ http://uipatternfactory.com/ http://uipatternfactory.com/