Design Patterns

From the site: UI Patterns is a growing collection of User Interface Design Principles and User Interface Usability Patterns present on web applications and sites today.

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.

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.

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

A site maintained by Experience Designer Jason Robb. UI Scraps catalogs, good, bad, and notable interface designs. This site features critiques of submission forms and praises for other good designs.

A gallery of common web page components such as navigation, grid layouts. This site features more than 30 categories and users are allowed to rate each design featured in the gallery so that they can see what others think about each concept or idea

A nice, comprehensive overview of Design Patterns from 2009 from Smashing Magazine.

I find this site to be often breathtaking in its breadth and detail. This is how a patterns library should be done...if you have a ton of time, resources and money. Lots and lots of documentation and working examples.

a good resource of primarily web-based design examples

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