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 Goodies Overview

• Links to Design Articles and Columns on the Web
• Links on UI, Web, Graphic, and Information Design
• Links to Specific Design Topics & Useful Stuff
• Links to Style Guides
• Links and Other Information Resources on Collaboration
• Links and References for Accessibility
• Links and References for Designing for Sustainability
• Links and References for Narrative User Interfaces
• Links and References for Performance
• Links for Universal Usability
• Links on Visualization
• Visualization Controls
• Quotes Found for You

 

Links To Specific Design Topics & Useful Stuff

Online Books on Usability and More... | UI and Other Patterns | Prototyping | Visualization | Color Desig | Optical Illusions and Visual Perception | Terminology, Encyclopedias, Glossaries | Online Dictionaries and Thesauri

Updated: September 4, 2009

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See also...

• Accessibility Links: See Accessibility on this site.
• Glossaries: See the Goodies in the Resources section of the SAP Design Guild for glossaries.
• Events: The Events page on the SAP Design Guild lists upcoming events in the usability and design fields.

 

Online Books on Usability and More...

• Susan Fowler and Victor Stanwick: The GUI Design Handbook
• Jenifer Tidwell: Designing Interfaces

 

UI and Other Patterns

• www.hcipatterns.org (Website initiated by John Borchers)
• The Interaction Design Patterns Page: www.pliant.org/personal/Tom_Erickson/InteractionPatterns.html (UI patterns, page with a multitude of links by Tom Erickson)
• www.patternlanguage.com (Website of Christopher Alexander (architecture) who inspired the movement)
• Patterns in Interaction Design: www.welie.com (Website by Martijn van Welie)
  Pattern Library: http://www.welie.com/patterns/index.php
• UI Patterns and Techniques (Jenifer Tidwell, 2002): time-tripper.com/uipatterns/index.html
  Common Grounds (predecessor site, Jenifer Tidwell, 1999): www.mit.edu/~jtidwell/interaction_patterns.html
  Designing Interfaces (Jenifer Tidwell, Online Book Website): designinginterfaces.com

 

Prototyping

• Denim (Informal tool for early stage Website and UI design): dub.washington.edu:2007/denim new
• Balsamiq (Mockup Tool): www.balsamiq.com new
• Webdesigners Toolkit (Free Photoshop browser templates for professional Web layouts): www.webdesignerstoolkit.com new

 

Visualization

For more links, see Visualization on this site.

• Graphics and Web Design Based on Edward Tufte's Principles (University of Washington)

 

Color Design

• Articles & links on Understalding & using color (Al Wasco, editor/designer)
• Overview and links on visual & Web design (Val Casey of Vivid Studios)

See also the Color Glossary on this site.

 

Optical Illusions and Visual Perception

• Optical Illusions, Scientific Toys, Visual Effects, and Even a Little Magic
• A Study of Different Geometric Effects

See also Optical Illusions and Vision and Visual Disabilities – An Introduction on this site.

 

Terminology, Encyclopedias, Glossaries

• Glossary of typographic terms (Adobe)
• Webopedia (Online encyclopedia)
• Wikipedia (Online encyclopedia)
• Wissen.de (German, includes a section on information technology)
• whatis?com (Techtarget)

 

Online Dictionaries and Thesauri

• Dictionary.com (Lexico LLC)
• LEO: Online dictionary German <-> English (University of Münster)
• dict.cc: Online dictionary German <-> English (Paul Hemetsberger, site in German)
• OneLook dictionaries
• QuickDic: Online dictionary German <-> English (can be downloaded)
• Thesaurus.com (Lexico LLC)

 

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