May 2009

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Web Form Design, Luke W.
05.26.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Just finished reading through Luke W.’s great resource on web form design, Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks.
It’s a great overview, deep dive, and a must read for any UX/Web DesignerFront End Developer who’s interested in serving the user and building in quality efficiencies into a web form experience.
I loved the thoroughness, questions, and [...]
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Components, Patterns, and Frameworks! Oh My!
05.20.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Jared’s thoughts on Patterns and Frameworks.
Components, Patterns, and Frameworks! Oh My!
He gives a good overview of the use and value, particularly for smaller teams, to establish libraries of interface patterns, components for reusable code, and frameworks.
Setting the foundation of a solution on previous uses allows the designer/team to then customize and to focus on establishing [...]
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Designing Web Interfaces, Scott & Neil (O’Reilly Book)
05.19.09 | Permalink | Comment?

I’ve started to read through the Designing Web Interfaces book and find it interesting and validating – a good touch point for reference when talking to or sharing patterns and uses with other people.
The main pattern “values”:

Make it direct
Keep it lightweight
Stay on the page
Provide invitations
Use transitions
React immediately

I found Scott’s [...]