alt Hacker NewsDoes anyone remember the Yahoo design patterns library? It was mostly for UX pattern (eg: ways to "Rate an object") and it was really good.
Almost 20 years ago.. damn.
https://creativecommons.org/2006/02/14/yahoodesignpatternlib...
https://web.archive.org/web/20060221111812/http://developer....
They had a great comparison of the different behaviors leaderboards could encourage in users.
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Amen! The terms "accordion" and "carousel" were really codified by the pattern library. Establishing a common vernacular definitely accelerates things.
Oh, the second link is amazing. I love the old web, and that brought a lot of nostalgia.
we often forget how great Yahoo engineering was back in the day, sad it was destroyed by bad management and horrible business cases prioritization
for some reason I remember him being related to YUI, but I learned JS from Douglas Crockford, one of the best lectures from the old days of JS.
Not quite the same thing, but there's this incredible (open source) project called The Component Gallery that is basically just a repository of UI components across 93 (currently) different design systems. It's an incredible resource if you're building a component from scratch and either want some design inspo or technical advice. Many of the design systems have thorough guidelines for a11y/ARIA best practices that I've learned a ton from
https://component.gallery/