Minimalist List Design contest (Winter 2014/2015) results

Hey guys! It was really pleasing to see such a good work you all did here.
I find personal list designs here quite different from the rest of the web. It's common to see list design turn to being fancy and creative, and it's an interesting thing to do. Unfortunately many lists (including mine!) tend to break things that are commonly used but not by us, like zoom, or not style everything (and forget about those #more elements), or not test it in different browsers or different resolutions, so your table is all messed up and you can't read text because it blends with wallpaper which is now positioned differently, or replace my cursor with something annoying and small so I have to get so close my nose touches the screen just to see it. Or make hover effects that change list layout (e.g. making font bold on hover) which makes table rows jump, or hover effects that make text hard to read. Also, for people who have removed the covers last minute, it's not that easy and sometimes not worth it. Sometimes using covers have effect on your list layout, and just removing them makes your list dimensions weird.

That was a long wall of text, wasn't it? But that's all the bad things I was gonna say. If you want to improve your style, just check against some of my points. And of course, that's just my own opinion.
Now, for the good things

Seaven's list was really impressive. It's not about just one strong point, everything is working together to make this design sleek and awesome.

Hahaido doesn't need any of my praises. I'd say, I didn't expect less.

Kiokuzoku has a nice style and choice of colors plus wallpaper. Neat.

Anonymoose-N and magost have those interesting borderless tables with only separating lines between them which gives them unique feeling.

Deividas has a very good style that could be what MAL would've looked if updated with more modern things. And table is just awesome.

Good job, everybody whom I didn't mention. I'm still impressed with what you have done, even though I didn't mentioned your personally

I know it's not easy to make a good list, but you can learn a lot in process and your skill will only improve if you continue. Thanks everyone for participating and good luck next time!

Hahaido's really draws me in and makes me want to stay and look. Even though you've basically seen it all immediately I simply want to see more.

kiokuzoku: Nice design, but what really sets it apart for me is the links. If it was not for a few details this (would have scored higher).

@Devidas: Gorgeous tables to look at and use. You're the best overall "newcomer" imo. Great background pic too, and if it randomly changed to similar pics that would be a really cool addition (we have a topic on how to do that if interested). Maybe soon, we can use a design inspired by yours to make easy to use mobile-phone specific list designs (thats something we need imo).

@Daren: love the design, its definitely deserving the win for most useable design and its the one I would hope to see donated to this group the most. Since its simple I could emulate something similar in the future if it was never donated, but I would definitely credit you. The thing that helps it the most is the fixed menu. I think it could be made even more convenient through adding the Table header links (Score, anime title, etc) also to the fixed part in the future.

@Kiokuzoku: Another design I like a lot, would be great to see in alternate themes and colors.

@nadeko: This is a great design overall but we (judges) discussed that the list font could be improved in choice and also there is some inconsistency between the tables in other browsers/resolution. Personally I feel there's too much white all over, there should be a little color change (Like a "darker" white or beige in the background for example) as you go between different parts of the list. Those are just our opinions tho to take it from a 8/9 to higher, overall its a very original and great list.

Looking forward to see anything you all bring to any future contests!