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User Interface Design Patterns

User Interface Design patterns are recurring solutions that solve common design problems. Design patterns are standard reference points for the experienced user interface designer.

This site will help you in two ways: You can read insightful design pattern articles and browse screenshot examples.

Pattern categories

Getting the user to input data is a task that should be tailored to the context of use.

The user needs to locate specific features and content and needs navigation to accomplish this.

Data can be searched, formatted, overviewed, and browsed in a variety of ways.

Allow the user to associate, communicate, and interact with other people online.

Patterns that haven't found their main category yet.

Recently added patterns

Shopping Jun 27, 2012

The user needs to pay to get access to a restricted area on a website. Read more

Images Jan 11, 2012

The user needs to skim through stories without scrolling or any other unnecessary mouse movements. Read more

Images Jan 5, 2012

The user needs to browse a series multiple images in a high resolution. Read more

Explaining the process Jan 9, 2011

The user need to learn about an offered service or product or make the decision to join a service or buy a product. Read more

Shopping Oct 26, 2010

The user need to know details about a product in order to make a purchase decision or satisfy a need for support. Read more

Shopping Oct 25, 2010

The user needs to get an overview of what pricing plans are offered and how they differ Read more

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Recent blog posts

Designing for push and pull in web design

Written by toxboe on Dec 4, 2011

The profession of improving usability asks how we best help our users fulfill their goals. The goal and task orientation of usability is carved into stone in the ISO standard definition for what usability is. There is however a part of the usability profession that can’t be concerned with a clear goal. Continue reading 11 comments

Written by toxboe on Oct 24, 2011

You might have tried it before: as you incrementally tweak your web application with small changes, you can’t seem to convert your users any better. It seems as if you’ve hit a dead end. A large number of A/B tests and multivariate testing seem to have found the best working solution. Is the essence of my application just not good enough to convert better? Continue reading 7 comments

Written by toxboe on May 3, 2011

Rewards is a mechanism for telling users that they have done well – that their actions have been judged favorably. Continue reading 9 comments

Written by toxboe on Apr 11, 2011

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The three levels of design patterns: Implementation, flow, and context

Written by toxboe on Apr 5, 2011

User interface design patterns work on three levels: implementation, flow, and context. Each level address very different design concerns, so be careful which one you use when. Continue reading 13 comments

Written by toxboe on Feb 3, 2011

Good design is not just what looks good. It also needs to perform, convert, astonish, and fulfill its purpose. It can be innovative or it might just get the job done. Continue reading 15 comments

About UI-Patterns.com

UI-Patterns.com is the work of Anders Toxboe – a Danish web developer seeking to categorize what has before seemed like ad hoc approaches to developing web applications.

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