BrowseGoods (currently in beta) is a new visual search engine for shopping. It aims to help shoppers quickly visually scan through large numbers of items rather than by paging through endless text-heavy lists of search results.

The UI will be immediately familiar to anyone who’s used Google Maps, with the familiar pan & zoom functionality (and UI widgets), and also to anyone who’s read Jef Raskin’s The Humane Interface. After a quick intro screen, you start by selecting a department (currently they have shoes, toys, watches, and sports), after which you’re shown a high-level overview of all the products in that department. From there, you can click on a product category to zoom closer.

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City Creator is a fun little site that lets you easily create your own pixel-art cities like the recently-mentioned Lovepixel. The site is really simple and lets you get started making your own city right away — no account registration required. You choose a city theme (currently there are three — futuristic Blankton, snowy Snoland, and medieval Medieville) and begin creating your city by drag and drop. When you’re finished, you can save your city design or send it to a friend, but to do so, you have to register.

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