San Francisco web agency Odopod’s new site is unreal …

The site contains an in-screen CMS — click on the upper right icon, and login as guest, to activate it. From there, elements on the screen become editable — change colors around with color picker (the full-on color wheel, with tint and alpha settings, is a first as far as I know) right-click on text to rewrite text blocks, scale/move/rotate graphical elements, etc. A built-in file browser system lets the user look through remote directories and drag assets directly onto the stage. Most fun of all is the sketch feature, which allows you draw on the screen using an uncannily real and satisfying brush system.

These features are mere proof-of-concept for the guest user, but for an xml-allergic client with full login privileges, for example, this site is a god-send. He could edit the page directly, playing with layouts, background accents (his sketch is not only saved, but the process of its production is stored as well, allowing the sketch to build on the page as it was drawn) and text entries with zero fuss.

This takes WYSIWYG and kicks its ass into next week …

Developed, at least in part, by this talented fellow, Steve Mason.