10 Useful Web Application Interface Techniques | How-To | Smashi. Advertisement Today, too many websites are still inaccessible. In our new book Inclusive Design Patterns, we explore how to craft flexible front-end design patterns and make future-proof and accessible interfaces without extra effort. Hardcover, 312 pages. Get the book now! More and more applications these days are migrating to the Web. Without platform constraints or installation requirements, the software-as-a-service model looks very attractive. Web application interface design is, at its core, Web design; however, its focus is mainly on function. In the past we didn’t cover web applications the way we should and now it’s time to take a closer look at some useful techniques and design solutions that make web-applications more user-friendly and more beautiful. You may want to take a look at the following related articles: 1.
Simplicity is important in user interface design. When you click on the search link in Kontain’s search box, a similar drop-down menu appears. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 9. User Interface Design Patterns: Introduction. UI Patterns and Techniques: Introduction. Introduction There's nothing new here. If you've done any Web or UI design, or even thought about it much, you should say, "Oh, right, I know what that is" to most of these patterns. But a few of them might be new to you, and some of the familiar ones may not be part of your usual design repertoire. Each of these patterns (which are more general) and techniques (more specific) are intended to help you solve design problems. By the way, when I say "UI," I mean Web sites, desktop applications, and everything in between (Web forms, Flash, applets, etc.). These patterns are intended to be read by people who have some knowledge of UI design concepts and terminology: dialogs, selection, combo boxes, navigation bars, whitespace, branding, and so on.
(Many of these patterns were originally written by other people in the field. If you're running short on ideas, or hung up on a difficult design quandary, read over these and see if any of them are applicable. UI-patterns.com.