UI Patterns Blog

Article · Jul 15, 2009

Is blue the best color for link?

Every now and then, I stumble upon a blog post or article suggesting that hyperlinks should always be blue and purple to hint that the link is a link. While, I do believe that it should always be possible to...

By Anders Toxboe

Jul 14, 2009

Simple, yet possible

“Make simple things simple and complex things possible”

Jul 09, 2009

Situations of change

Some time ago, I talked about targeting your product towards one specific place in the users’ life-cycle instead of assuming they will...

Jun 23, 2009

Toward building engaging customer relations

How do your customers feel about your company and the service you provide? Are they frustrated, energetic, focused, or just happy? Translate...

Jun 17, 2009

Why design patterns work

A design pattern is a recurring solution to a common problem. A solution for a problem that has been found to work...

Jun 11, 2009

The 80/20 rule - the Pareto principle

It is a proven fact that 80 percent of the effects in a system are generated by 20 percent of the its...

Jun 08, 2009

Give your users the backstage pass

As your web application become increasingly more complicated and deal with increasingly larger chunks of data it is possibly also going towards...

Jun 03, 2009

Don't worry about breaking the abstraction

Having a good descriptive metaphor to guide your design will help you immensely! Abstracting your thoughts into a metaphor provides an already...

May 28, 2009

Make people feel at home

How welcome do your users feel when using your product for the first time? How do you welcome them? Do you go...

May 13, 2009

Chase the unexpected

One of the basic challenges of building software is the lack of knowledge. We never know it all. Creating a new innovative...