A tale of two Web applications, one good, one bad
On the other hand, I decided to take advantage of an Overture promo ($100 credit) to try and generate a little traffic for my volleyball site. I've used this service on and off all the way back to the days when it was GoTo.com, and honestly I'm astounded by the way it generally isn't well designed. Aside from being slow, the UI is pretty bad and the navigation isn't logical. There are several pages where you try to update something and there's no explanation as to why it didn't save. Oh, and naturally the promo credit wasn't actually applied until I complained. Google's AdWords, by comparison, isn't perfect, but it's quick and straight-forward.
I guess when I stop to think about it, there aren't very many really good Web applications that I encounter. When I did Weight Watchers last year to shed a couple of pounds, that one was pretty good. Bank One is pretty good too. (Is it coincidence that these are .NET apps?)
Any other examples that come to mind of really good online applications? I'm really curious to know if anyone has extensive experience with SalesForce.com what they think about it. That should've been my millions...