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PBS.Org / Frontline

To me PBS along with other Public Broadcasting companies like NPR have been leading the way in the adoption of new media syndication. They provide RSS feeds and podcasts for all their shows. Frontline, which is my favorite PBS show (and an excellent design) gives viewers the ability to watch the program online. Granted I this is not a site I visit a lot but it is very well put together.

NYTimes.com

Although still packed with content the latest design from the New York Times has a classic feel to it but also provides excellent navigation adn very readable content.

Netflix.com

Full of AJAXy goodness this site provides a wonderful interface that makes selecting, rating, and searching for movies very easy.

Newsvine.com

Although I visit this less frequently than I did when it was released Newsvine is one of my favorite designed sites. News sites and aggregators should analyze this design and take many things away from it such as the navigation, easy way to view tags, and simple things like layout, typography and whitespace.

VMWare.com

Recently visiting this site to download their latest free virtualization software I was shocked to see a very well designed corporate website. It looks like they have taken a page out of Macromedia’s old book but it is a very clean and simple design. And I have to say they made dropdown menus cool again.

Technorati.com

Just in time for this post Technorati updated their site for their 3 year anniversary and it is far better than the old site. And while writing this post I see TJ has disagreed with me. I have used the old one extensively and it was not easy to navigate as a registered user. I like the different sections of the new design for registered users because I go there to view the information relevant to me, which was more difficult before. Search, unfortunately, is still too slow for me.

9Rules.com

9Rules is also recently underwent a redesign making it one of my favorite designed sites out there. The new focus on communities was definitely needed for the growing site. The addition of notes is a nice feature. The colors, simplicity, and focus on content is a very nice touch. This site is designed exactly for its content. Good work.

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