What makes a good user interface pattern language?

  • Authors:
  • E. Todd;E. Kemp;C. Phillips

  • Affiliations:
  • Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand;Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand;Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

  • Venue:
  • AUIC '04 Proceedings of the fifth conference on Australasian user interface - Volume 28
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

A developer of user interfaces (UI) should be able to employ a user interface pattern language to design acceptable user interfaces. But, what makes a good pattern language? Three types of validation were identified as requiring consideration: the validity of the individual patterns, the internal validation of the pattern language and the external validation of the pattern language. This paper investigates internal validity. A set of six tests that a developer can use to test the internal validity of a pattern language has been identified.