minor issues aside, this is a very nice resource and kudos to the site's author for developing it! On 1/28/08, Robert Hoekman, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Just passing this along for reference. I'm not affiliated with the site, > > but > > I like what I've seen so far–especially the clean, simple design of the > > site > > itself. > > http://ui-patterns.com/ > > > The initiative is great, but there are obviously a few problems. > > 1) There is no navigation on the site - you always need to return to the > homepage to find new patterns. It's not very scalable. > > 2) The pattern descriptions could benefit from some more detail. Jared > Spool > has a great write-up on the elements of a good pattern description > here<http://www.uie.com/articles/elements_of_a_design_pattern/>. > More thorough descriptions could help convince the interaction design > community to promote it as a good resource. > > 3) One thing not even Spool mentions is that a pattern description can > always benefit from a summary of possible benefits and caveats in terms of > usability. For example, your description of "Continuous scrolling" could > mention (based on usability studies, of course) that this pattern can > cause > confusion for users, who often believe that a page with continuous > scrolling > simply has not finished loading. As in, they often don't recognize that > the > scrolling is done that way on purpose—they think the page hasn't completed > loading. As such, they keep clicking on the down arrow of the scrollbar in > a > repeatedly failing attempt to "reach the end". Some discussion of the > usability of each pattern would be incredibly beneficial to anyone > considering the use of a given pattern. > > 4) Some of the patterns are more commonly known by other names, and these > names should be mentioned for the sake of completeness. "Continuous > scrolling", for example, is often known as "Infinite scrolling", and "Tip > a > friend" is often known as "Tell a friend". > > 5) I noticed there is no way to contact the guy who created the site > (unless > you go through his blog to his personal About page and copy/paste/modify > his > email address). I wonder if he has plans to open up the site so that > others > can contribute (wiki-style), or at least to offer a feedback form for each > pattern description. > > (FWIW, I emailed this list to the guy who created the site.) > > -r- > ________________________________________________________________ > *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* > February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA > Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >
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