The Top 10 Application UIs for 2008 According to Jakob Nielsen

User Interface guru, Jakob Nielsen, just posted winners of the 2008 best-designed application user interfaces. There are definitely some good picks here but the irony is that Jakob, a well-respected industry expert and thought leader in UI, has one of the worst sites (in terms of usability, readability and user experience) I’ve seen. What was that thing about practice what you preach?

In any case, here are the results:

  • Campaign Monitor by Eyeblaster (Israel): Integrated management of multiple advertising campaigns for media buyers.
  • CMSBox by CMSBox (Switzerland): Content management system.
  • FotoFlexer by Arbor Labs (USA): Photo editor.
  • PRISMAprepare by OcĂ© (The Netherlands): Print shop software.
  • Seating Management by Magellan Network and DesignMap (USA): Hostess-stand reservation book for restaurants.
  • SQL diagnostic manager by Idera (USA): Database performance monitoring and diagnostics.
  • SugarSync by Sharpcast (USA): Synchronizing files across multiple computers.
  • SuperSaaS by SuperSaaS (The Netherlands): Creating and hosting scheduling and reservation systems.
  • Wufoo by Infinity Box, Inc. (USA): Online forms, surveys, invitations, and payments.
  • Xero by Xero (New Zealand): Accounting for small businesses.

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3 Comments to “The Top 10 Application UIs for 2008 According to Jakob Nielsen”

  1. Pavan K 14 August 2008 at 2:11 pm #

    I agree totally, it is not very inspirational to see this UI guru has one of the worst sites on the web. Surely this allows thousands of developers and designers out there to create really shoddy sites, and disempower the site owner with a site that does nothing to enhance interactivity, usability, engagement and generate the trust and affection of users.

    Our Pre-Launch site may not be the most usable in the world, but at least we care, and our clients begin to love our brand.

    We are designing a Visual Interface to manage your Information and Networks: MIVUI.com, which stands for MyInfoMatrix Visual User Interface. We hope you guys keep an eye out and let us know your honest opinions… Launch early 2009.

  2. Pavan K 14 August 2008 at 2:13 pm #

    BTW – Can you not hyperlink the results above, we are talking about usability after all…

  3. Gaskerr 9 July 2010 at 9:20 pm #

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