Have you ever asked questions like "Where can I use icons in my application? How about inserting new lines into a table? Should I use a toolbar or a popup menu?" while developing your user inteface? If you have asked these kind of questions you might know how difficult it is to find good answers.
During the last years the Pattern concept was enthusiastically discussed in the software development community. Starting with the familar Design Patterns book by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides. They wrote about object-oriented software design methodology, and presented their solutions in a concrete way that are easy to use and abstract to use in countless situations.
User interface patterns are trying to present design solutions to common interface design issues that can easily be used within your interface design development.
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