Pattern Catalogue

A catalogue of design patterns gathered from my own observations and research.

Creating a subtle, peripheral, and synchronous sense of shared space on the web

Giving people a visible, useful trail of where they have been over an exploratory journey

Shareable, browser-based documents that can compute and run code

Command bars you can summon from anywhere with a keyboard shortcut

Small areas within a graphical interface where users can read and write simple programmes

People reappropriating existing software for purposes it was never designed for

Revealing complexity only as someone demonstrates they are ready for it

Making every action reversible so people can explore without fear

Defining terms where they appear instead of sending people to a glossary

Showing where collaborators are looking and working in real time

Pretending an action succeeded before the server agrees, and recovering gracefully when it does not

Using the moment before any data exists to show people what the tool is for