The .net Awards celebrate the best in web design and development. Awards are determined via a combination of public opinion and the insights of a leading panel of judges.
The results of the 2009 awards are published in the latest issue (#197) of .net magazine, a U.K. magazine for web designers and developers sold in the U.S. as Practical Web Design.
Best of The Web
Here are the 16 best (and one worst) for 2009:
+ Web application of the year » Dropbox
+ Best community site » Twitter
+ Best API use » TweetDeck beta
+ Interactive site of the year » NVIDIA Speak Visual
+ Blog of the year » Smashing Magazine
+ Podcast of the year » Boagworld
+ Vodcast of the year » Revision3 | Diggnation
+ Design agency of the year » Clearleft
+ Innovation of the year » Google Chrome
+ Web personality of the year » Stephen Fry
+ Viral campaign of the year » Best job in the world
+ Standards champion » Jeffrey Zeldman
+ Open source application of the year » jQuery
+ Redesign of the year » Whitehouse.gov
+ Mobile site of the year » Flickr
+ Mobile app of the year » Shazam
- Infamy award » IE6
Details are available at the .net Magazine Awards website which lists two additional nominees in each category.
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