Google’s Sesame Street Celebration

Christiaan Hendriksen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:11:21 +0000

Google.com have been celebrating the 40th Birthday of Sesame Street this week some special doodles. From Oscar to Elmo, the whole sesame street cast have been featured. The official birthday of Sesame Street is today so here’s the full gallery of the doodles. Google is offering high resolution images here (they make great wallpapers!)

Sesame Street Ensemble

Count Von Count

Elmo

Oscar

Bert and Ernie

The Cookie Monster

[Google Blog]

20 Web applications with excellent user interfaces

AppMunch Team — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:29:15 +0000

With oportunities for new website applications constantly arising, the number of them continues to increase each day. Some have okay design, but some have great design and entice you further. Design is very important when it comes to web applications. You may have a great, functioning application that is great with orgainsing and pattern searching but if that submit button is too small or in the wrong place the whole website can be a failure. The following websites below have very little if not nothing out of place. The design does not confront the user but instead welcomes them and simplifies the user’s experience.

Basecamp

Highrise

Backpack

Campfire

Animoto

Grooveshark

Color Scheme Designer 3

Clixpy

Freckle

Wufoo

Evernote

Kulur

HotGloo

CurdBee

Focus Booster

Campaign Monitor

Box

Photoshop

CeeVee

Presently

Excellent user interface design articles

So why are they excellent user interfaces? Well user interface is a huge area to discuss lightly as it conincides with user experience. In light of this I have also collected some excellent articles regarding user interface design.

12 Useful Techniques For Good User Interface Design

10 UI Design Patterns You Should Be Paying Attention To

10 User Interface Design Fundamentals

User Interface Design – Taking the Good with the Bad

User interace design articles at A List Apart