Comments on: Web design inspiration

Web design inspiration

signal — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:42:15 -0800

Pattern Tap: an organized collection of web design ideas.

You can also make your own 'user sets', suscribe to other's sets, and other 2.0ey things.

By: device55

device55 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:10:30 -0800

Yay! I love ~~stealing ideas~~ the power of research! Great resource, thanks. Here are some more: http://ui-patterns.com/ http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/ http://uipatternfactory.com/

By: rageagainsttherobots

rageagainsttherobots — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:59:32 -0800

Great stuff. I wonder if these designs will look dated in 5 years.

By: furtive

furtive — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:17:48 -0800

On a different design note: User Experience Trading Cards</a.

By: Foci for Analysis

Foci for Analysis — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:48:14 -0800

Patterns are fun to read about but rarely particularly useful. Beginners can't really apply them as the context and details are missing while veterans find them too obvious.

By: Foci for Analysis

Foci for Analysis — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:55:58 -0800

Actually, this is less useful than your average pattern collection because it doesn't even discuss the what? why? how? of elements of web design. But it sure is fun to browse thorugh, I'll admit that.

By: device55

device55 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:58:33 -0800

It's too bad there are no intermediately skilled web designers out there then. I think things like this are great resources for folks who are still learning, and I also like the spirit of sharing knowledge and ideas. As a veteran, I certainly know what a breadcrumb trail is, but I do like browsing through concepts and ideas - it can be refreshing - like going an art museum.

By: vertigo25

vertigo25 — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:21:54 -0800

I like it alright; but it would be more "2.0ey" and a bit more useful, IMO, if you could directly add patterns. You can email them something, and if they like it, they'll add it; but that's not really very useful.

By: Phire

Phire — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:42:32 -0800

Hmm, I don't know, I like sites like these just for the pure collection aspect and being able to browse through varied patterns in one stop, regardless of "educational value".