15 Common Component Patterns. By Theresa Neil As Bill mentioned in an earlier post, we don’t want to limit this blog to just the principles and patterns found in the book. For that you can check out our Explore the Book section. This is the third article in a three part series on patterns and principles for RIA design. Standard Screen Patterns: 12 patterns w/100 examplesEssential Controls: 30 controls for RIA design and developmentCommon Component Patterns: 15 patterns and examples Odds are good if you are designing a enterprise software or a productivity web application, you’ll need a number of these components. Don’t spend time and effort on (re)designing these ancillary features- try these solutions instead. 01. Wufoo (button) Gmail (link) 02. Highrise (inline edit) Mint (dialog) 03. Highrise Requirement: Need to pick from an existing option, add a new option, or edit an existing optionExample: Recording receipts for household expenses, and there is not a category for pet/vet bills. 04. 05.
LinkedIn 06. Wufoo 07. Picnik 08. All Public Patterns. CSS Design Patterns - HOME. Elements of Design: Web Design Gallery. Home » Designing Web Interfaces. Ingredients » CSSbake. MephoBox | Web Design and Web Inspiration. PatternBrowser. Poll. Problem Users want to state their opinion about a certain statement that is relevant to the site's content Solution List the statements as exclusive options and present the results directly after voting. From www.cnn.com Use when You are designing a site where interaction with the users is desired. Typically this will be a News Site or Community Site where visitors are to be encouraged to share their opinions and improve interactivity. How The poll consists of two steps. The results are usually displayed on a new page or in a popup window. Why A poll is a very simple and direct page element that invites users to interact with the site.
More Examples This is the results screen from a poll at CNN Using Flash. it is also possible to combine the selection of options and the results in one, as well as eliminating the vote button! ...it immediately gives you the poll results per option... Progress Trackers in Web Design: Examples and Best Practices - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement When designing a large website, especially one that contains a store, you may be required to design a system for ordering online, or a multi-step process of another sort.
Walking users through this process by making it easy and intuitive is key to helping increase conversion rates. Any frustration along the way may cause them to leave and pursue other options. Progress trackers are designed to help users through a multi-step process and it is vital that such trackers be well designed in order to keep users informed about what section they are currently on, what section they have completed, and what tasks remain. In this article we will look at various uses of progress trackers and see how they’ve been implemented, what they are doing well, and what they are not doing well.
What are Progress Trackers? You may not be familiar with the term ‘progress tracker’, also called a ‘progress indicator’ — but chances are good that you have encountered one at one time or another. 1. 2. Search Results Design: Best Practices and Design Patterns - Smashing Magazine. Advertisement If you’ve been assigned to design or provide the architecture for a large e-commerce project or other information-heavy website whose success depends on content findability, it is vital that the design and layout of the search functionality for that website is considered carefully. The search results page is the prime focus of the search experience, and can make or break a site’s conversion rates. Therefore, bridging the gap between a user and the content or products they seek is a crucial factor in the success of any large website.
The responsibility to design an effective search results page is best considered after a thorough examination of some of the features and functions found on search results pages from a number of popular niches. In this article, we’ll look at a number of trends and practices incorporated on a variety of websites. From this examination, we’ll conclude with a summary of the best practices learned from the examples those sites have set. 1.
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