False Positives » patterns http://www.falsepositives.com Ian Irving's Code and Culture from Toronto Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:10:27 +0000 en hourly 1 10 UI Design Patterns You Should Be Paying Attention To http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2009/06/29/10-ui-design-patterns-you-should-be-paying-attention-to/ http://www.falsepositives.com/index.php/2009/06/29/10-ui-design-patterns-you-should-be-paying-attention-to/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:38:55 +0000 Ian http://www.falsepositives.com/?p=1940 via smashingmagazine we have , and they are
  1. Lazy Registration;
  2. Progressive Disclosure;
  3. Forgiving Format;
  4. Clear Primary Actions;
  5. Breadcrumbs;
  6. Account Registration;
  7. Required Field Marker;
  8. Steps Left;
  9. Subscription plans;
  10. Hover Controls;

Every web designer and developer should have some thoughts on solving them, when they occur (not every site will need some or even any of the ui design patterns), and be able to pull code (css and javascript) out of the olde tool box. Building or extracting them as plug-in or samples also make great coding exercises, or demos!

What’s in your toolkit?

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