Another gorgeous design book. But not quite what I was expected.

The book is basically an encyclopedia of UI design patterns, or maybe "mini patterns". Broken into categories like form design, editor design, etc. Covering areas like individual, concrete patterns like tabbed containers, referred to as "card stack" to general, abstract notions like "diagonal balance". Each pattern is cross-linked with related patterns. I assume an online version of this book would work quite well, particularly if t More...

Has helpful tips. A few technical quibbles. Sometimes examples were given of an interactive process with only one screenshot, making it a bit of work to try to figure out what the rest of the interaction looked like. I occassionly had a hard time flipping through looking for a particular pattern. [return][return]Really though a good book as far as interface design goes. Certainly one of the better O'Reilly books I've read in a while. [return][return](Lots of good examples for folks to build off More...

The domain of the book is very well defined by its title. Its primary focus is to educating the readers about Interaction Patterns, its use and context of usage. The book encompasses certain aspects of Interfaces but leaves the readers craving for more patterns. So after reading this book you might want to look into Yahoo! pattern library.
All in all, a nice read for someone who has a decent knowledge of Interface designing and interface usability. Will not recommend this book to someone looking More...

Не дочитал. Немного скучноватая книжка. Но! Она выполнена в стиле энциклопедии. Т.е. она не обучает как создавать творческое и что то новое. Она просто описывает существующие шаблоны, как они были использованы, и если вы хотите использовать этот элемент, то делайте так же, или в том же ключе. Вообщем, если бы я это в 9 классе прочитал, было бы классно. А если вы уже являетесь разработчиком, это пока пустая книжка.

т.е. 2% реально полезной информации размазано по всей книге, остальные 98% уже изве More...

Nice book with explanations and examples of most of the common user interface elements and idioms. An excellent reference with thoughtful and in most cases very recent examples illustrating the patterns.

As with any design book this is not complete but covers most of the bases extensively and a lot in it has been motivated thoroughly but remains discutable. Let neither of those put you off.

Solid, and well put together.

There are a couple of annoying typos in the book though. It's not hard to see "Buttons 9don't", so I'm going to chalk this up to bad proofreading.

It may seem redundant but this is one of the earliest books about how User Interface should be. One of the very most essential books if you're starting career on IxD.

A must if you're an interaction designer, it helps with a collation of design ideas from valuable sources and the argument of when to use them

A must read book for anyone designing graphical user interfaces. A "Gang of Four"-style patterns reference for user interface metaphors.

Fantastic reference to keep handy for all things UI and UX, with superb breakdowns on many behavior sets and patterns.

Solid, almost timeless (in the world of modern technology) book on interface design. The content and suggestions hold up very well after all these years.

A book of angelic taxonomy for the devil's design. Enlightening, purposeful, a joy. With this book and "Tropic of Cancer" in my backpack, I could conquer the world!

Disappointing; a collection of examples of user interfaces without a lot of value added.

I didn't get much new insight or instruction from this book, but it's a good reference that collects common interface patterns for different types of interface issues.

Interesting book, but focused a little too much on patterns.

Needs a refresh!

Good reference

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It starts off very well, but then seems to fall very short of its mark.

Beautiful. Good reference for starters in UI designing.

Good reference book, a fairly superficial treatment but still a worthwhile read.

As many other people have mentioned, this book is a great list of Design Patterns. Unfortunately that makes it harder to read than something with a narrative. Now that I'm done reading it, I can easily see myself referring back to this book when I have a problem, or want some inspiration or new ideas.

One of the best books on designing interfaces...I find myself returning to it periodically for refresher sessions. It leads one down a path on not only 'what' the user is wanting to accomplish but also 'why' and 'how'. Every software developer would be better off reading and thinking about this book.

One of the best books for any User Interface Design student/pro/enthusiast.

Really well-organized, with easy-to-understand explanations and tons of examples.

I had to read this book for my Interface Design class -- normally I sell off my textbooks after the course is done. This one isn't leaving me.

Decent book. More of a reference book of about 100 UI patterns, not something to read cover to cover.

If you are a designer who already voraciously consumes mobile apps and websites, you may already know a lot of this, although it does present the info very well.

Overall not too bad, but not great. It tried to be a UI patterns book, but the patterns were all a little too basic and I found the naming of the patterns to be strange and inconsistent with standard industry names.

Tidwell has crafted an excellent pattern library for user interface designers and compiled into this source. She is thorough and offers a balanced view of when and where to use various patterns to bring out their strengths.

This book is a little dated but still relevant. It's a great resource for your bookshelf if you work in product design. Read my full review at http://rachelhpeters.com/2009/09/15/b....

As another reviewer mentioned, it's mostly a reference book for design patterns. As such, I mostly just skimmed it, but it has definitely been useful in making the process of UI development more rigorous.

Used this as a text book in a Usability & Interface Design class. Liked the pattern structure of the book, and the author did a great job in explaining some common design difficulties and possible solutions.