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I wrote a couple weeks ago about poor web software interfaces and today I thought I’d share a few web interfaces that I think do a good job.

Word Press

Yep, it’s the interface I’m using to write this very post and the latest version is spiffy to say the least. The Word Press admin interface uses AJAX to auto-save your posts while you write and you don’t even need to leave the edit window to add photos and video clips to the visual editor. One gripe I have about the new interface: categories are below the fold meaning I have to scroll down to categorize my posts before scrolling back up to save. But dontcha just love the colors and fonts? Spiffy.

Gmail

Gmail has one of those interfaces that you either love or hate - or if you’re like me you start off hating it but end up loving it. Yes, it’s a different approach to email with threaded conversations but with all the enhancements over the years it’s really become a desktop-email app killer. My favorite features are the things that happen behind the scenes like the spam filtering (Gmail identified over 62,000 spam emails to me in the last 30 days alone) and the way Gmail is able to parse stuff like addresses and event dates to create links to Google maps and Google Calendar automatically. Heck, I even like the targeted ads and news items Gmail displays along with my messages and I’m not afraid to admit that I’ve even clicked on a few over the years.

Review App

Ok, so I’m a bit biased but I’m using the Review App interface every day and I gotta say it’s great. Actually I can’t take much, if any of the credit, since the guys at 45Royale did all the wireframing and design on the interface (and on this site as well). Organization is great, the layout is clean, and the interface uses AJAX in the right places to provide a responsive interface to a fairly complex process. If you’d like to take the Review App admin interface for a spin send us an email and we’ll set you up with our private demo.

There are actually a number of other great web app interfaces that I wanted to write about here but I think I’ll save those for another time. Until then, we’d love to hear which web app interfaces you think are great and which ones just aren’t cutting it. Post yer comments here!

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