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This group is created for capturing user interface design trends and patterns NOT decorative patterns. Images not adhering to this description will be removed. Also, screenshots of home pages will be removed if they do not specifically illustrate the use of a user interface.

For those interesting in design patterns more specific to coding patterns.

a quite interesting and ambitious take on a pattern library. There is a "pro" paid version of this but the free access seems instructive for most needs. There are some extensive, recent changes that I have yet not had the opportunity to explore.

a good place to look for web design patterns. Allows you to create your own collections. One can also search designs by color and vote on particular designs.

last updated in 1999, this site appears to be Tidwell's site while doing her graduate work (she went on to write the seminal Designing Interfaces book). Still an amazingly well done and valuable resource on design patterns.

a library of games-related interaction design patterns

a site that focuses on social media design and the patterns emerging in those types of apps

this is a collection of patterns (in German) and done by a gentleman named Markus Drews' for his thesis project.

another companion site, with more resources and examples, for the seminal book Designing Web Interfaces from Bill Scott and Theresa Neil.

a good resource of primarily web-based design examples

This is a great resource that I think it newish in late 2010. Concentrated on search and discovery...or as the site itself says "...describes principled ways to solve common user interface design problems related to search, faceted navigation, and discovery..."

This collection of articles is useful in researching specific design problems. User Interface Engineering is a leading research, training, and consulting firm specializing in web site and product usability. Jared M. Spool founded the company back in 1988 and has built UIE into the largest organization of its kind in the world. With our in-depth research findings based on user observation, we empower development teams to create usable web sites that increase customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Accompanies the book "Designing Social Interfaces." This site should interest those who are interested in developing/working with social web applications

A weblog that take the approach of examining a particular user interaction pattern with the aim of cataloging and exploring that subject. Buttons and web forms are typical examples that are debated here

Reuse, recycle, but don't reinvent the wheel unless necessary. by Brian Christiansen at UI Engineering. Via. This collection captures findings of consistent, unique or interesting interfaces and design flows from across the web.

not a pattern library per se, but more a study in how not to do error messages and dialogues in web apps and rich client apps.

a companion site for the seminal book Designing Web Interfaces from Bill Scott and Theresa Neil.

Elements of Design is a different type of web design showcase focusing on specific aspects of web design. The site focuses on particular components of design such as login forms and site navigation.

Description from the site: This site is an outgrowth of my Master's thesis, completed in December, 2002 at the University of Washington. My interest in continuing my research lead me to launch this site in September of 2003. I also felt that the data I had collected (and plan to collect) would be more accessible in a web-based presentation. I encourage those interested in conducting related research to also refer to my thesis, which can be downloaded at my personal web site www.hpadkisson.com. The data presented on this site are intended to inform design decisions, not dictate them. Common practice does not necessarily equate with best practice-and the relationship between consistency and usability on the Web is remains a lightly researched area. I wrote more on this topic in an article for Boxes and Arrows: Examining the Role of De Facto Standards on the Web. At this time the data on the site are limited to e-commerce, which was the focus of my master's thesis. As one reader has pointed out, there is so much more to the Web. I do hope to eventually expand the data collection beyond e-commerce into other site genres. A goal of this site is to encourage and highlight related empirical research. You'll find throughout the site links to related studies. If you find I've overlooked a relevant study, please suggest a study for inclusion.