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Top 25 Web Designs by Usability Score Alone

Name Designer(s) Year Rating Votes Change 1. Rustboy Simple, intuitive interface complements breathtaking artwork Brian Taylor 2001 7.15 35      - 2. Tom Nulens New Media Design Easy-on-eyes design, start menu like menu system Tom Nulens 2001 7.00 25      - 3. Surfstation.lu A graphic design extravaganza Surfstation.lu Team 2000 6.81 20      - 4. Ego Media Excellent Flash based GUI, short movies with an attitude Ego Media 2001 6.66 23   1 5. 2advanced #2 Futuristic monochrome interface, impressive urban imagery 2advanced Studios 2001 6.63 32   1 6. bhong.com Excellent photo selection, good use of colorized text Ferdinand Capina 2001 6.55 16   1 7. ellumination.net Crisp, widescreen design inspired by 1930's America Eric Steuten 2001 6.55 27   4 8. Volumeone See a showcase of 'web novelties' from 1997 to date Volumeone 2001 6.50 21   2 9. halfproject The lost interface of the jungle of gorgeous illustrations Drew Europeo, Niccolo Balce, Zylonzoo - Rex Advincula 2001 6.49 31      - 10. Alessandro Bavari Dark interface compatible with the artist's style Alessandro Bavari 2001 6.48 21   4 11. Fakepilot Adept use of Flash, impressive intro Mattias Lindberg 2001 6.47 28   1 12. Chopping Block, The Obsessed with oranges; detailed vector graphics and animations Chopping Block, The 2001 6.47 7      - 13. 5pieces Good lighting, nicely detailed textures, prominent controls John Donovan 2001 6.38 18   3 14. Habbo Hotel Isometric graphics with beautiful lighting effects Sulake 2001 6.37 13   2 15. Danilosandner.de Stylish 2-bit imagery, magnetic menu Danilo Sandner 2001 6.36 8      - 16. Netdiver Network #2 Nice and clean interface; top notch section headers Pixeltable productions 2001 6.35 17   3 17. Second Method Slick background graphics, responsive interface Vitaliy Onishenko 2002 6.34 15   9 18. Sol Food Cafe See the infamous Java lake applet used the right way John A. Stocker 1999 6.25 6   3 19. Web Designers Experiments Clean, attractive design Franco Lanfredi 2001 6.24 7      - 20. Vegar.net Clean, well-organized design, pseudo-3D thumbnails Vegar Bakken 2002 6.22 8      - 21. Design Quest Vibrant colors; plenty of transparent spinning cubes Design Quest 2001 6.19 15   4 22. afewseconds.com Elegant monochrome backgrounds, nice rollover menu McAlpine Group, Joshua Dunford 2000 6.16 7      - 23. dave.shea.net Beautiful design with incredible attention to detail Dave Shea 2001 6.14 9   4 24. Broken Saints Dark, spiritual 24-chapter on-line graphic novel Broken Saints 2001 6.13 17   4 25. GRAF d'SIGN Influenced by zeppelins; striking hand-tinted photos GRAF d'SIGN 2001 6.05 38   7 At least 6 votes required. A true bayesian estimate is used to normalize scores. 25 entries