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)
