Good Web Design
For many years now, I have admired the design of the Internet Movie Database. Even though advertising and Flash technology surround the edges of the page, these things don’t get in the way of the content. I like how each search result (e.g. a movie) brings up other data (e.g. the names of the movies cast and crew members), most of which function as a link to other data (e.g. other movies on which the cast or crew member worked). This kind of structure allows for haphazard exploration and discovery, and the fact that the overall layout of each page doesn’t change brings a comfortable consistency to it all. Additionally, if the visitor is particularly interested in an entry, there is a list of links along the lefthand margin that leads to further details.