Interaction Design Patterns

http://www.welie.com/patterns/ = must have Online Resource FREE Martijn van Welie has put together a very valuable and useful collection of interaction design patterns, which can greatly help the work of interface designers and information architects working at Web or other general electronic interface-based projects. Martijn has indeed listed and identified 26 interaction design Patterns that he has grouped under four different categories: a) Navigation b) Page Elements c) Searching d) Ecommerce Interaction patterns, if you are not familiar with them include typical interface design items like: a) Breadcrumb navigation trails b) Meta Navigation c) Outgoing Links d) Split Navigation e) Repeated Menus or typical Page and Search elements like: a) News box b) List builder c) Tabbing d) Simple Search e) Advanced Search f) Sitemap For each one interaction pattern listed a nice and easy to read page provides specific information on the following topics: a) Problem b) Use when c) Solution d) Why e) More Examples f) Known Uses g) Related Patterns I find it extremely useful and needed. Hats to Martijn for an excellent beginning.