Design patterns
A while ago I discovered the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library, but I didn’t really look into it (it was one of those put-on-the-shelf-for-future-reference things). Then I found Functioning Form, which is interviewing various interface designers right now. From there I checked the Yahoo library out again, and also found Jenifer Tidwell’s Designing Interfaces book and Martin van Welie’s UI Patterns and Techniques. This is really cool stuff — enough so that I’m going to read through it all as soon as I can, because I can already tell that it’s going to be extremely useful in designing Beyond. (For example, the collapse transition is a good way to keep information accessible but not in the way.) I’m excited. And schoolwork suffers another blow. :)
On a side note, I can’t wait till my library gets a copy of Edward Tufte’s new book, Beautiful Evidence. You can read the chapter on sparklines on his webboard.
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[…] Incidentally, I’m now reading through some design pattern libraries, and the stuff I’m finding is important enough that I’ll try to read through most of it before continuing with the interface design. Why? Because they give rationales for each design pattern (when and where to use it, when not to, things to be aware of, etc.), which are very, very helpful. And I have a strong suspicion that designing the main interface will be a lot easier after having read through them. We’ll see. I really, really, really like the idea of design patterns, by the way. If only I’d come across this stuff a few years ago… Technorati Tags: design patterns […]