This was posted on a different forum. Thought i'd see what the response is here.

Barbara

HostPacket.net, HostRocket.com, GearHost.com, and Jumpline.com to name a few. :)

http://www.hostrocket.com/home/index.htm http://rackfast.com/home/index.htm
http://www.downtownhost.com/

www.addr.com

I second Addr.com

cr.

I only know that it's not me and that is the only thing that matters to me :D

Hasn't this question been asked at least 3 times already this month?

i like downtownhost's design the best :)

Great Design Jorge :)

Originally posted by edude
i like downtownhost's design the best :)

Great Design Jorge :)

yes definitely DTH, their new design just kicks major ass :D

RackFast :)

Brendan's probably going to invoice me for all the bandwidth I use cause I visit the site to admire it so often :D

www.cyberwings.com has the best design :laugh:

Originally posted by RackFive
www.cyberwings.com has the best design :laugh:
Hu Hu Hu, it is pretty crappy:D . What's that "maine" thing about?.

Originally posted by voxtreme-matt
RackFast :)

Brendan's probably going to invoice me for all the bandwidth I use cause I visit the site to admire it so often :D

The bill is in the mail ;)

-Brendan

I've always liked addr.com and rackfast.

Thanks People :)

Originally posted by voxtreme-matt
RackFast :)

Brendan's probably going to invoice me for all the bandwidth I use cause I visit the site to admire it so often :D

I agree, it is a very good site,,, that little man is a bit cheesy though :)

Thanks

There are the common ones mentioned that I like, but one of my overall favorites is: http://www.powersurge.net

http://www.okgonow.com/

It's a nice straight-forward design.

Originally posted by OverSkilled
www.addr.com

http://www.webhosts.org.uk/home.html - recognise those buttons? (after looking at addr.com).

(Site is nothing to do with my company and i only came across it when i was looking to see who had similar domains to ours).

Cheers - Mark

www.method5.com always been my favorite.

Originally posted by Samuel
www.method5.com always been my favorite.

Looks like an Nvidia rip-off (their older version, that is).

It's no rip =)

btw, I remember the old nvidia site, and it looks nothing like this one.

Why did you post that eh?

Same color scheme (gray, green) same "cutting edge" look.

I made it, nothing ripped about it =)

It went through 26 revisions, and every pixel is custom, and the entire layout is custom, css, php, everything from scratch.

Ahhhhhh..................
:D

(goes back to reading about TimPD in that monster thread)

Site5 (http://www.site5.com) has a nice design.

Originally posted by markblair
Site5 (http://www.site5.com) has a nice design.

Yeah but check out their logo and then this archived site (http://web.archive.org/web/19980208011847/http://www.leading.net/)

No kidding!

Which reminds me, isn't it odd how your nickname here is very similiar to what happens when I pull the little thing on the side of my watch and twist it!

Too bad, it's a registered trademark. Now you have to pay me every time you mess with your watch :D

Originally posted by timechange
Yeah but check out their logo and then this archived site (http://web.archive.org/web/19980208011847/http://www.leading.net/)

It's similar. I've seen other sites that have a very similar logo as Site5's but in my opinion, it's not that hard to come up with something like that. I know they've had the same logo for quite some time themselves...

Actually it's not a good idea to use a shoosh anymore. Search for "Shoosh hell" in the forums and you'll get a link :D

I like http://isprime.com but it is very simple compared to rackfast and other hosts. But still, its nice.

I like Dot5Hosting's new design. :)

Originally posted by Neo3Net
I like http://isprime.com but it is very simple compared to rackfast and other hosts. But still, its nice.

Well, I'll agree that it's a very nice site, but it doesn't seem that "simple" to me with all that flash work done on it.

Originally posted by Aralanthir


Well, I'll agree that it's a very nice site, but it doesn't seem that "simple" to me with all that flash work done on it.
It doesn't quite fit with 800X600.

Looks fine at 800x600.

Hmmmm

I like

www.addr.com

Hm several people have said RackFast, but they've got music on their site.. and personally, I don't like it when there is music in the background while surfing sites (unless it is my own music, of course :rolleyes: )

I like hostway.com

hostway.com has a really nice design, i like it too :)

I like http://www.swishmail.com/
clean and simple:)

I shan't make any comment about having swoosh'y logos :)

I don't like sites with music in them, they anoy me and take too long to download for some pointless junk sound that someone else thinks I should like because I'm visiting their site - and pixelbrick, your choice in music sucks big time :)

Originally posted by KDAWebServices
I shan't make any comment about having swoosh'y logos :)

I don't like sites with music in them, they anoy me and take too long to download for some pointless junk sound that someone else thinks I should like because I'm visiting their site - and pixelbrick, your choice in music sucks big time :)

There is nothing worse than being in an office full of people when all of a sudden music starts blaring out - personally i just shut the site and don't go back to it.

Originally posted by markcastle


There is nothing worse than being in an office full of people when all of a sudden music starts blaring out - personally i just shut the site and don't go back to it.

My point exactly :cool:

Note to self. Music pisses People off

I also like my design. But I think you would have to be very stupid to not like your own design LOL

I requested to my designer to turn the music off as default, if you want to turn it on, you can do it though

Then again, who doesn't surf with headphones.

I don't surf with headphones, water tend to broke it (sorry I couldn't stand) :D

i dont think theres a best desgin, but a few that i really like are

fastwebsites.com
rackfast.com
mediatemple.net
dominet.net
hostpacket and hostrocket

a few others i can remember of..

I don't know many people that do surf with headphones on, in fact come to think of it, I don't know anyone who does. It's one of the very early rules of web design, sound is a no-no. Like most other people I just close the site and never go back, the only music I want coming from my PC is the CD I'm playing.

It's the main gripe i have with all the (otherwise) fantastic pixelbrick sites too. I don't know anyone that uses headphones.

I personaly like all or most of the PixelBrick designs. Too the people that said said they do not like music - PixelBrick normaly makes the flash header not load...you have to click Replay.

Also, they do not really have a bad choice of music, the flash animations fit into the music.

Eg. DownTownHost - I like their design, but when the flash starts playing, there is nothing too catch your attention in the way of sound.

Id have to say www.*****.com

www.*****.com must be good! :stickout

http://mchost.com

http://mediatemple.net

http://www.webarama.com.au

Originally posted by Neo3Net
Note to self. Music pisses People off

A top rule to remember :)

Originally posted by KDAWebServices
I don't know many people that do surf with headphones on, in fact come to think of it, I don't know anyone who does. It's one of the very early rules of web design, sound is a no-no. Like most other people I just close the site and never go back, the only music I want coming from my PC is the CD I'm playing.

Well sometimes I surf with headphones, don't ask why or anything :rolleyes:

Also, it would be best if you could choose to turn on the sound, instead of having to turn it off :)

I always surf with headphones...Well used to. At home when we used to have only one computer. I had to have headphones because it was in the kitchen where people would always be bothered by the sounds. But now at home I bought myself a computer for the room so I don't use headphones. But come to think of it I do hate when I have my music playing and some flash thing interupts it and makes a nasty mix :(

Thanks

its easy:

if dont like flash sites with music, just dont visit i!!!

Originally posted by CritticAge

Eg. DownTownHost - I like their design, but when the flash starts playing, there is nothing too catch your attention in the way of sound.

I requested to the designer to turn the music off as default, you can turn it on if you want, but we received a couple of complains about the music. So, I decided to change that :)

Well that says a lot about what are considered good designs then, because if you alienate people who don't like the damn music interupting them (there are a lot) then it's obviously not a good design.

Originally posted by RackFive
its easy:

if dont like flash sites with music, just dont visit i!!!

So how do you know the site has music UNTIL you visit?

Yes, I designed the swoosh in like 2 minutes. But it stuck because its simple and very easy to work with in a design. Originally, I created it because it looks kinda like an "S" and kinda like a "5". That's the real idea behind it. If it resembles any other companies, its merely out of coincidence, and the fact that we really have no need for a complicated logo.

Next incarnation of our site, I promise a flash-animated rotating 3D ball of a logo. Look out.

Oh, and it will play new wave hits. Now we're talking.

wow some companies here have great designs!

Does anyone like our new design?
http://g-hosting.net/test ?

Yes i think its very nice!! i like the detail you have put into the outer frame.

just 2 things i would consider doing ....
1. center the template on the page so it's not all the way over to the left for people with large screens.
2. change the color fo the cost/month to a blue to make it stand out and let people see that your rates are very reasonable!!

barbara