“Q: So what’s the right way to address this lack of semantic definition present in HTML? Microformats? Shared CLASS and ID conventions? A user interface markup language like XUL? A: Yes, Yes and Yes.” (LukeW – Functioning Form)

“Can web design and development today rightly be called a discipline? Or is it, as I suspect, a practice in the process of becoming a discipline.” (WebPatterns.org)

“(…) a conversation about defining and sharing user interface design languages.” (LukeW – Functioning Form)

“(…) an intermediate-level book about interface and interaction design, structured as a pattern language. It features real-live examples from desktop applications, web sites, web applications, mobile devices, and everything in between.” (Jenifer Tidwell) – courtesy of guuui

“We are very happy to be sharing our library with the design and development community. This is our first drop of what we hope to be a monthly release cycle for the publication of patterns. In many cases we have bundled the patterns with pointers to related code from the Yahoo! User Interface Code Library.” (Yahoo! Developer Network) – courtesy of lukew

“The pattern library allowed our small, centralized group to tap into the broad expertise of the Yahoo! design staff. What would have been impossible to write (authoritatively) by a small team is now being contributed to and reviewed by an expert staff. We were able to achieve this by understanding and agreeing on the problem, building a workflow that fit with the existing design process, generating buy-in by creating incentives for contributors, and by carefully designing and building an application with attention to user feedback. We were then able to convert this library of patterns into a workable set of standards by agreeing on an appropriate rating scale and by assembling a representative group of reviewers who rate the content according to the same criteria.” (Erin Malone et al. – Boxes and Arrows)

“This report describes a detailed study of thee museum websites in order to determine the general characteristics and issues in museum site design. The sites of the Rijksmuseum, the Louvre, and the Guggenheim were analyzed in depth using an existing collection of design patterns as the main evaluation tool.” (Martijn van Welie)

“(…) an interactive exploration of the words and pictures that define the time. The result is an often moving, sometimes shocking, occasionally frivolous, but always fitting snapshot of our world. Every hour, 10×10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on a global scale, and presents them as a single image, taken to encapsulate that moment in time. Over the course of days, months, and years, 10×10 leaves a trail of these hourly statements which, stitched together side by side, form a continuous patchwork tapestry of human life.” (About 10×10)

“The biggest challenge for web designers is the unthinkably huge number of possible ways to solve any given problem. We usually don’t think of this because we have our habits and traditions to fall back on, but there are literally billions of possible pixel combinations for each page we make.” (Ryan Singer – 37signals) – courtesy of uidesigner

“(…) a problem that many of our clients are facing and they’ve tried a myriad of solutions, such as centralized approval processes, standardized templates, and style guides, all without success. However, the one solution that really excites us is now gaining a lot of attention — design patterns.” (Jared M. Spool – UI Engineering)

“Patterns help us solve design problems – problems that occur time and time again, and are being solved time and time again by designers. Patterns describe practical solutions to these problems and how to apply them in different situations.” (Arthur Clemens)

“In talking about search engines and how to improve them, it helps to remember what distinguishes a useful search from a fruitless one.” (Clara Yu et al.) – courtesy of the other blog

“(…) this research argues that sites of similar role exhibit similar structural patterns, as the functionality of a site naturally induces a typical hyperlinked structure and typical connectivity patterns to and from the rest of the Web.” (Einat Amitay et al. – Journal of Digital Information/Theme: Hypermedia systems)

“(…) this research argues that sites of similar role exhibit similar structural patterns, as the functionality of a site naturally induces a typical hyperlinked structure and typical connectivity patterns to and from the rest of the Web.” (Einat Amitay et al. – Journal of Digital Information/Theme: Hypermedia systems)

“There are many personal Web sites. The vast majority are mediocre. Some are bad. Fewer are good. An extremely small number are excellent. (…) These patterns for creating personal Web sites have been distilled over the last few years from the most interesting personal Web sites I’ve found.” (Mark L. Irons) – courtesy of elegant hack

“The collection does not primarily consist of GUI designs of common software, but tries to outline the recuring design problems faced when trying to create good design. Our method to produce good design is to use our Goal-Derived Design (GDD) method that is based on simulation of the userís goals. The pattern collection does not include all the characteristics of good design we know so far, but only the design knowledge that we have found appropriate to describe as design patterns.” (Sari A. Laakso – University of Helsinki, Dept. of Computer Science)

“This workshop aims to map current understanding and use of HCI Patterns and determine how to make significant advances through two perspectives: 1) a view of the conceptual foundations of patterns and their relationship to other HCI models and approaches 2) a focus on tools and methodologies related to pattern creation and use.” – Position Papers (CHI 2003 Workshop)

“The focus of the Game Design Patterns project is on studying computer games in terms of interaction, components and design goals with the intension of creating the basis for a common language for game designers. As the basic building block for this language the project uses the concept of Design Patterns, originally developed by Christopher Alexander et al. Design Patterns is a semi-structured formalism that has been used for similar causes in areas such as architecture, software engineering, human-computer interaction, and interaction design.” (PLAY Research Studio) – courtesy of purse lip square jaw