10 UI Design Patterns You Should Be Paying Attention To

Very interesting and informative article by "Janko Jovanovic" from Smashing Magazine.

Design patterns were first described in the 1960s by Christopher Alexander, an architect who noticed that many things in our lives happen according to patterns. He adapted his observations to his work and published many findings on the topic. Since then, design patterns have found their place in many areas of our lives, and can be found in the design and development of user interfaces as well.

In short, design patterns are solutions to recurring problems. By extension, UI design patterns are solutions to common user interface problems. This article goes over 10 interesting UI design patterns that you can use in your own projects.

If you are into Web Design/ Development, you should check out this article.