Frequency

Dropshadows and the ipod rounded edge look isn't exactly what I would normally write about as brilliant web design, but something about Frequency caught my interest. Frequency is a video sharing site, but unlike those gaudy and space-confined sites like Youtube and Vimeo, Frequency has modeled itself on the foundations of music sharing sites like Pandora and last.fm. By using channels, the user can filter and categorize the incoming feeds posted on any of a number of locations.

In addition to having so many options and an enormous amount of data to sift through, the site maintains a cutting edge look and feel. This alone is a bit of a marvel, not to say Pandora is particularly ugly, but that the site manages this whilst handling video, which is fairly difficult. Does it look truly marvelous? No. But sometimes content is integral to the impressive nature of the design, and this site boasts content from all across the web, it's fully interactive, and more than intuitive.