In a way I feel bad that new companies in the web app arena have to compete at such a high level, but then again, pushing the boundaries of the web medium in turn pushes the boundaries of our industry as a whole. Web user interfaces are now so incredibly advanced that people expect them to be as interactive and intuitive as possible, and I think if your startup doesn’t start off with the idea that a killer interaction design experience is necessary, it’s almost doomed to fail from the start.
In the past few days I’ve seen some demos of some really hot web applications, and I thought putting them all together would be fun to see.
Scrybe should be out in beta pretty soon:
A new Joyent (movie link) is coming soon as well, with a slicker interface, new “loading” contextual clues, and a lot more.
Fluxiom (movie link) is the hot digital asset management application from the geniuses at Wollzelle who are also responsible for the Ajaxified and standards compliant redesign of Gucci.com.
I don’t think that interaction design has ever been a larger part of the web industry than right now, which is damn exciting because it means people are finally starting to notice that it matters 🙂
