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What Website has the Cleanest Site Design?

Posted by Cliff on from the suitable-examples-for-others dept.

Gabe Anast asks: "The recent article on Microsoft's market dominance referred to an article at the International Herald Tribune, which I read until I became engrossed in the natural readability and intuitive interface of that site. It's amazing! I'll have to say that site has the cleanest design of any I have ever used. So, of course, I thought 'What are the other "best designed" sites? Would Slashdot know? My personal criteria for site design is: graphic design/appeal; an intuitive interface; and content that flows naturally (eg: high content density that does not sacrifice clarity). What are your favorite sites, and by what criteria do you judge such?"

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  1. Easy by sporty · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Google.com

    Easy interface, easy results.

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  2. Without a doubt by Loosewire · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Google - even their ads are clean and not obtrusive.

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  3. ok, it's not really part of the internet... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...but about:blank is nevertheless really, really clean.

  4. It's right here! by SoCalChris · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://games.slashdot.org

  5. Cleanest site design... by Dr.+Photo · · Score: 5, Funny

    My nominee for best site design is Slashdot, but then again I'm completely colorblind... ;-)

  6. how about some judging criteria: by avi33 · · Score: 5, Funny

    First of all, it can't use javascript, because anything that can't be displayed on my 1984 casio digital watch (running slackware via the CLI) isn't really a website anyway. Same goes for tables, XML, pixel gifs, images that use more than 8 bits of color, and true type fonts, though CSS and a DTD are mandatory.

    And secondly, it's got to look good running at 64 x 48 pixels. Some people need to look at their monitors from the next room using an inverted pair of binoculars.

    Finally, under no circumstances shall you take into consideration the content being displayed. My blog (dedicated to the daily minutiae of my plants and their arcing patterns toward sunlight) easily satisfies all of these requirements, so why shouldn't a consumer-oriented, dynamic, international news site be able to do it too?