Here’s a link:
http://www.aeriform.co.uk/

And then there’s this article by Smashing Magazine that just happened to go up today:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/08/14/will-horizontal-layouts-return/

There are some nice designs that go horizontal on there.

I also realize that there are exceptions to a lot of the points I discussed (for example craigslist as an all text site is a great, effective design) and tried to note them as I went. As for the horizontal scrolling, I’ll admit that one is a pet peeve of mine, but I was hard-pressed to find a professional, well-designed site that used it. If you have any sites that are clear exceptions to the signs I came up with I’d be glad to add them as examples!

All in all my intention was to bring to light a few signs that a designer might want to take into consideration. Obviously if your site is doing well why change, but if you aren’t getting results this list may serve as a starting point while redesigning.

But the on that gets me the most is horizontal scrolling. There is nothing wrong with this when used correctly. I could cite all the talk of the “infinite canvas” and all that other nonsense or the usability data that suggests people are just as willing to scroll horizontally as vertically, but I’ll simply limit my comment to the fact that much of these are opinion based and in no way clear-cut.

What triggers a redesign isn’t aesthetics or user interface. You have a bad one but for some reason it really works and isn’t negatively effecting your website in any way? Then why rock the boat. So your design might be hideous, what if that’s the point? What if your users like it?

This post states things as fact when there is very, very little about the web that can be said to be fact. Much is theory and loose guidelines.

Just because something shiny and trendy exists doesn’t mean it needs to be used everywhere. There are plenty of successful ventures online that don’t use them.