Thank you to everyone who entered the Quicksilver Forums 1.3.1 skinning competition. The judges have made their votes and declared the winner!
Third place:
Kiasyn
Geoff said:
Creativity: 4
Web standards: 7
Usability: 7
Design: 8
Nice clear and easy to use design
Samson said:
Creativity: 5
Web standards: 10
Usability: 7
Design: 8
The design is visually appealing with the softened blue theme.
matt said:
Creativity: 5
Web standards: 7
Usability: 4
Design: 6
Very clean and modern. Well laid out.
Total Score: 78
Second place:
Simonas and his skin XSS
Geoff said:
Creativity: 5
Web standards: 5
Usability: 7
Design: 8
I was surprised by the addition of new smilies.
Samson said:
Creativity: 6
Web standards: 10
Usability: 8
Design: 7
Makes solid use of the QSF features. Visual appeal initially grabs hold.
matt said:
Creativity: 7
Web standards: 6
Usability: 5
Design: 7
Bold use of colours.
Total Score: 81
Winner:
Detruire and his skin HForum
Geoff said:
Creativity: 8
Web standards: 9
Usability: 7
Design: 9
Really pushed away from the normal mercuryboard/quicksilver design and maintained full functionality.
Samson said:
Creativity: 10
Web standards: 8
Usability: 6
Design: 9
Excellent use of a tableless design. The visual appeal of this skin is spectacular!
matt said:
Creativity: 9
Web standards: 4
Usability: 6
Design: 7
Very good use of CSS, hovering and indications.
Total Score: 92
Congratulations Detruire!
And thank you again to all the contestants!