From the course: Interaction Design: Design Patterns as Building Blocks
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Why are design patterns useful?
From the course: Interaction Design: Design Patterns as Building Blocks
Why are design patterns useful?
- Design patterns are reusable design solutions for common design problems. They document how interaction should work for interface elements. In UX, there are some key advantages to using patterns. The first is that patterns help create usable interfaces. As UX designers, we use patterns to keep our experiences in alignment with common paradigms that users expect. Design solutions become patterns because they work in various contexts. When common patterns are broken, this could lead to frustration, and an unusable experience. If you've ever tried to pull open a door that says push, you may have experienced this firsthand. Patterns have typically gone through rounds of usability tests to ensure that the interaction works as expected for users. If you're creating your own pattern library, you'll want to wireframe the interactions you want, prototype it, and usability test it to make sure it's usable by your users before…
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