UI Patterns Blog

Article · May 05, 2009

Tear down the wall!

Too often, I see programmers who just want to program, designers who just want to design, sales people who just want to sell, and researchers who just want to research. I believe that this lack of motivation to cross functional...

By Anders Toxboe

Apr 30, 2009

User life-cycle

The product-life-cycle is a well known phenomenon that explains users’ adoption of new technology and by that also your product. The early...

Apr 27, 2009

It's about the whole experience

The quality of a web application cannot only be judged on the quality of the application itself. A myriad of accompanying services...

Apr 21, 2009

First results from the UI patterns investigation

The UI pattern survey initiative was launched without much fuss last week. With over 1000 replies, the data collected is slowly gaining...

Apr 15, 2009

The UI pattern survey initiative

This is a call-out for all designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites. Now...

Apr 09, 2009

Low budget user testing

I recently attended a half-day seminar on best practices for handling redesigns of websites. The seminar itself wasn’t of much value –...

Mar 29, 2009

Quality in web design: Business needs vs. user expectations

Evaluating the quality of web design is predominantly a subjective process as it needs to be evaluated in relation to some sort...

Mar 16, 2009

User interface sketching tip 5: Constrain yourself

This tip is similar to the tip given in the blog post "Use a Sharpie". It is about constraining yourself from drawing...

Mar 12, 2009

Do best practices prevent innovation?

User interface design patterns are best practices – proven solutions that solve common problems. But can you really create new and groundbreaking...

Mar 08, 2009

User interface sketching tip 4: Get your arm off the paper

This blog post is one out of several blog posts on improving your user interface sketching techniques. You might want to read...