Advance Your Design with UX Design PatternsJ. Ambrose LittleUser Experience DesignerInfragistics, Inc.

So Why a Talk About UX Patterns?

Because, Dude.. the Patterns are Out There..

The Quality Without a Name “Alive, Whole, Comfortable, Free, Exact, Egoless, Eternal—the Quality is related to yet is none of those things.”

Enter Software Design Patterns…

So Many People Talk About Patterns…

You Can Get Patternitis…

Or Start to Dismiss Them Out of Hand…

But You Have to Be Careful…

Patterns Can Seem Obvious

But There is More Depth Than You Might Expect

What

Name

When/Why

Context

How

Implementation

Knowing

Understanding

Using

Iconic Visualization

See What I Mean?

And Quite a Bit of Breadth, Too

Let’s look at a few a little more closely…

Finding Your Way Around

Faceted Navigation

Clear Entry Points

Organizing Things on a Page

Titled Sections

Liquid Layout

Making Sense of the Sea of Information

Dashboard

Overview Plus Detail

a.k.a. Interaction Design

People + Software

Time

Visual Framework

Transition

Undo

You Put Your Quince in It!

demo

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