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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 7.08 47      - 2. Tom Nulens New Media Design Easy-on-eyes design, start menu like menu system Tom Nulens 2001 6.88 28      - 3. Surfstation.lu A graphic design extravaganza Surfstation.lu Team 2000 6.85 27      - 4. Alessandro Bavari Dark interface compatible with the artist's style Alessandro Bavari 2001 6.84 32      - 5. Chopping Block, The Obsessed with oranges; detailed vector graphics and animations Chopping Block, The 2001 6.82 16      - 6. Rian Hughes - Device Charming on-line portfolio full of eye-candy art & elegant fonts Rian Hughes 1999 6.80 9      - 7. halfproject The lost interface of the jungle of gorgeous illustrations Drew Europeo, Niccolo Balce, Zylonzoo - Rex Advincula 2001 6.78 43      - 8. Ego Media Excellent Flash based GUI, short movies with an attitude Ego Media 2001 6.72 30      - 9. 2advanced #2 Futuristic monochrome interface, impressive urban imagery 2advanced Studios 2001 6.72 51      - 10. bhong.com Excellent photo selection, good use of colorized text Ferdinand Capina 2001 6.64 19   1 11. ellumination.net Crisp, widescreen design inspired by 1930's America Eric Steuten 2001 6.61 30   1 12. Fakepilot Adept use of Flash, impressive intro Mattias Lindberg 2001 6.54 33      - 13. RY-GUY.com Smooth, detailed animations, street-corner interface Ryan Terry 2002 6.53 15      - 14. superhere Interesting multiple-window interface, slick transitions DJ Zero 2002 6.53 34      - 15. Habbo Hotel Isometric graphics with beautiful lighting effects Sulake 2001 6.48 19   1 16. Volumeone See a showcase of 'web novelties' from 1997 to date Volumeone 2001 6.43 35   1 17. Danilosandner.de Stylish 2-bit imagery, magnetic menu Danilo Sandner 2001 6.42 11      - 18. Second Method Slick background graphics, responsive interface Vitaliy Onishenko 2002 6.41 21   1 19. Sol Food Cafe See the infamous Java lake applet used the right way John A. Stocker 1999 6.31 7   1 20. Netdiver Network #2 Nice and clean interface; top notch section headers Pixeltable productions 2001 6.29 18      - 21. Web Designers Experiments Clean, attractive design Franco Lanfredi 2001 6.24 7      - 22. afewseconds.com Elegant monochrome backgrounds, nice rollover menu McAlpine Group, Joshua Dunford 2000 6.16 7      - 23. Design Quest Vibrant colors; plenty of transparent spinning cubes Design Quest 2001 6.09 17      - 24. Fahrenheit 451 Superb use of DHTML; almost identical Flash and DHTML versions Fahrenheit 451 2002 6.08 7      - 25. 5pieces Good lighting, nicely detailed textures, prominent controls John Donovan 2001 6.08 20      - At least 6 votes required. A true bayesian estimate is used to normalize scores. 25 entries