Who was the best contributors to the Web design industry in 2004? Well being a little bias I’d like to think Lockergnome’s Web Developers should have at least gotten notable mention. Alas though, this is not my choice to be made. Why you ask? Well the folks over at Web Design Library beat me to the punch.

With this award, Web Design Library means to promote high standards in the web design industry by illuminating those whose contribution is of true and significant import.

This year WDL opened its award program with four categories only: Web Design Software, Web Design Software Vendor, Web Design Community, Book on Web Design.

The best design software award for 2004 went to Flash MX Professional 2004. Best Web design software vendor went to Macromedia. The best book on Web design went to The Web Design Business Kit by Brendon Sinclair. The 2004 best community in Web design went to SitePoint.com.

It is nice to see folks get the recognition they deserve, especially in the Web design industry. Web design is often a business that often goes overlooked as far as difficulty goes. Do not second guess it though because it is very hard work indeed. You can see all the winners listed on Web Design Library’s Web site.