December 17, 2007

CommandShift3: Web Designs Face Off

CommandShift3 (the keystroke combo to grab a full screen capture on Macs) is a new site that delivers a simple but addictive pleasure: it lets you pick your favorite of two web designs in a head-to-head “Hot-or-Not” like battle. Visitors can vote for their preferred design and then see how their vote compared to others’. The site also features the “Best and Worst”-rated designs of all time, as well as search-by-tag, something that may be useful for web designers seeking inspiration (or who may be curious about their competition). Cooked up by the creative folks at Jelly, a co-working organization we featured (and co-worked at!) a bit ago, the site is meant to entertain as well as educate. Says co-creator Amit Gupta: “There are a lot of CSS galleries out there, but we thought we’d create something that was as fun as the process of design itself.” For those who care more about good layouts than sexy self-portraits, or are perhaps still trying to grasp that… je ne sais quoi of quality web design, CommandShift3 is a nice diversion.