With a twitter hat-tip (a twhit maybe) to Stuart for pointing it out, the Neilsen Norman Group has awarded it’s bouquets for the ten best UIs of 2008. Good to see on-demand well represented and great to see our very own Xero take a spot. I use two of the solutions daily (Xero and SugarSync) and both are designs with great intuitive flow and interaction to the forefront.
The top ten were;
- Campaign Monitor by Eyeblaster (Israel): integrated management of multiple advertising campaigns for media buyers.
- CMSBox by CMSBox (Switzerland): content management system.
- FotoFlexer by Arbor Labs (USA): photo editor.
- PRISMAprepare by Océ (Netherlands): print shop software.
- Seating Management by Magellan Network and DesignBox (USA): hostess stand reservation book for restaurants.
- SQL diagnostic manager by Idera (USA): database performance monitoring and diagnostics.
- SugarSync by Sharpcast (USA): synchronizing files across multiple computers.
- SuperSaaS by SuperSaaS (Netherlands): creating and hosting scheduling and reservation systems.
- Wufoo by Infinity Box, Inc. (USA): online forms, surveys, invitations, and payments.
- Xero by Xero (New Zealand): accounting for small businesses.
The entire report can be downloaded here (for the not insignificant sum of $98). It does look like a very comprehensive report so valuable for those in the UI design field out there.
Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. 
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