A Collection of Great Web Apps and Startups

I've noticed that too. Every time a new web app comes along, they often have the same website design. Screenshot on the right (with reflection), Tour and Signup on the left, features underneath and then some endorsements and company logos. All very similar. However there are some, like that Notebox app which do break the mould.

via cloudomatic.com I've looked at hundreds of pricing pages. holy shit, there are a lot of similarities. I've always wanted to do a deep deep analysis there.

True. I imagine it's the same as in programming -- trends get hot and people run with them.

A craze for MVC full stack frameworks in web development is not entirely dissimilar to a craze for subtly textured backgrounds and slab serif typefaces like Archer in design.

Hey, sure I'll remove the link to Halogy. That was totally not the idea behind mentioning the site - it's non-biased. There are a lot of competing web apps on there, so the link at the bottom is purely coincidental. I'll remove it now just to avoid any suspicion. Thanks for pointing it out.

I read over the first page and didn't see a single app that hadn't already been done ad nauseum.