User Interface Design Patterns for application developers

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Even without having studied "human computer interaction design" you don't have to reinvent the wheel as a programmer to realize a user friendly, functional and consistent user interface: Take a look into one of the various UI Libraries as listed below. I bet it can save you a lot of time especially when implementing and structuring your UI functions.

Designing Web Interfaces - Principles and Patterns for Rich Interaction

A really great presentation and collection of recommendations, ideas and inspiration for every web project.

Yahoo Design Pattern Library

Patterns from different point of views and especially use-case driven examples.

User Interface Design Patterns

Smashing Magazine: 40+ Helpful Resources On User Interface Design Patterns

...and for your interest, even more (well, I prefer not to focus on too many sources, so I won't list them up here in detail):

• Pattern library
• User Experience Design Pattern Libraries

UPDATE:

• Ele­ments of Design
• Pat­tern Tap
• Pat­ternry

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