This blog post is one out of several blog posts on improving your user interface sketching techniques. You might want to read the first two posts: Drawing corners and boxes as well as Drop Shadow. Continue reading 6 comments
As you develop the skills of an experienced user interface designer you are bound to make mistakes. However, as UI-Patterns.com is a testament of, I believe that we should rather focus our attention on what can be learned from successes rather than what we can learn from mistakes. Continue reading 42 comments
Remember the photoshop technique that first was loved then later became an effect, and after that suffered being way to overused in the corniest designs ever? I’m talking about “drop shadow”. Using it for sketching paper mockups of your user interface will help you distinguish graphical elements from text, alternating backgrounds, and borders. Continue reading 2 comments
Just today I discovered a website called Very Small Array, which from time to time post diagrams summing up interesting facts – especially about the music industry. The design of each diagram executed extremely well and serve as a prime example of clean design. They are all small masterpieces. Continue reading 15 comments
With the rise of magazine-style laid out websites, creating teasers for your content has become a new art form. Continue reading 0 comments
Hopefully, you find yourself drawing mockup paper prototypes for the software products you are working on. It’s a fast and versatile way of testing your initial ideas. Seeing your UI ideas on paper gives you immediate feedback and thus lets your explore many different approaches in a short time. Continue reading 6 comments
I have long argued for using agile development methodologies as my preferred tool for guiding the software development I have been part of. A part of the agile systems development methodologies is prioritizing features in order of business value before each iteration. Continue reading 0 comments
After the relaunching UI-patterns.com and adding a new Screenshot collections-section of the site, I’ve frequently been asked how the new section is different from any other CSS gallery or screenshot site. Continue reading 1 comment
This site is mostly focused on showcasing good solutions that solve common problems. A design pattern which however hasn’t received much attention on UI-patterns.com is a solution to avoid having to use another pattern in the first place. Continue reading 5 comments
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