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Programmers usually don't pay much attention to user interfaces and focus more on functionalities but users first judge the product by its appearance so it is necessary to make nice user interface for web, desktop and mobile apps.
Personally I don't like to spend much time for user interface design and sometimes try to look for some examples and then modify the existing design.
Does anyone know any good web resource with collection of user interfaces for web, desktop and mobile devices?
Personally I find quince a nice site for that purpose
I use Balsamiq Mockups and their site has a good collection of mockups you can look at. Also UI-patterns and inspireUx are both really good resources.
This one may be useful: http://www.flickr.com/groups/ilovewireframes
You can also have a look at the Yahoo design pattern and particularly the wireframe stencil kit that you can use to design your user interface: http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/wireframes/
Design pattern libraries are very useful, but it can be a bit dangerous to look at them and "pick your favourites". This is not how good UI design happens. Different design patterns are useful for different contexts.
You may be better off by starting with a review of competitor products, and building up your own understanding of what works and what doesn't within your applications specific context.
For the web I recommend you to take a look at those links:
http://layouts.ironmyers.com/
http://www.webreference.com/authoring/style/sheets/layout/advanced/
http://www.code-sucks.com/css%20layouts/
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/grids/
This Design Patterns set by Chris Messina on Flickr.com seems to be good.
Not a web resource, but the user interface for BBEdit from
Bare Bones Software (text editor, Mac OS) is the best I have
ever encountered and is worth studying and emitating. What is learned from
such a study can be applied on any platform, not just Mac OS.
"Best" = simple to use for beginners, intuitive gradual discovery
of more advanced features.
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I have a specific goal in mind: I want to make a to-do-list-type app for my group at work to use. My key requirements are to have very easy entry and removal of items, as well as work in an OS X environment. The first requirement is because anything that is easy to use is more likely to be used, and the second is because that's what we're on. The application will need to be live-updating among multiple users, but authentication is not a requirement. Distribution of the same app to other remote teams is a plus, but not required. Just a shared to-do list, with task-specific things to be added. It doesn't have to be a web app; native is great but the world at large seems to be more and more web-related these days.
I've been looking at a number of technologies such as Ruby (and Rails), PHP, MAMP, Cappuccino, FileMaker, Trac, and a few other options - but the paradox of choice means that I don't really know what is "best" to use. Looking at that list it is obvious that I don't really know what I should be looking at, let alone how to decide on things. I'm drowning in a sea of opportunities and a surplus if "good enough."
I am a somewhat-experienced with Objective-C and Cocoa, but excluding Cappuccino, those skills don't directly relate. I'm rather excited to learn new things, so my existing skill set is not especially important.
What sounds natural for this? I'm fully prepared for the fact there is no "right" option. Who here has a favorite methodology? What's a good application stack that has proven itself in rapid development time and future flexibility?
TL;DR: I want to make a concurrently-updated todo app for a small work team. It specifically does not need to be feature-filled, but should be "simple" to build and maintain. What is the right tool for the job?
EDIT: My team does nothing related to software dev, but my own personal mindset is that of a software dev. Part of the reason I am not afraid to roll up my sleeves and learn something new is a matter of personal development.
I would highly recommend that you use an existing solution rather than build your own. Teams building their own management software has a long history of sucking up lots of time, energy and talent for little benefit.
As for which solution you should use, it depends on the kind of work your team does. If they do software development, as I suspect they might based on your question, Trac is an excellent option.
Based on your requirements, IMHO, the GoogleTask is the best one for you. If want desktop (not web) app, check Things (commercial).
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This will be quite a long way to ask my question, so please bear with me, I'm really interested in your opinion and need an advice.
I would like to modify or convert an existing phpBB3 setup because my users don't like it anymore. They definitely don't like the (otherwise professional) design of the templates based on proSilver or subSilver2 - they find it boring. We're talking about young girls and boys; it's quite possible that this is the first forum they've ever wanted to use (for some of them at least). Because I maintain that forum for a quite small community I must do something with this situation, so I've started thinking about how to dress up phpBB3 and make it more lovely.
Do you know any other forum software which could satisfy our needs better, perhaps a more Web 2.0 targeted solution? Do you have any ideas how should I design a forum style that 10-15 years old people can really use and enjoy? (I'm not talking about the IT specialists of the future here.)
I know it's not about programming on the surface, but we're talking about UI design here. I ready to do quite a lot of coding if we could find a nice concept - I wonder if I should create a new phpBB3 style with custom code from scratch or something.
I don't know phpBB, but to your question on other forum software...
I have used bbPress for a large project and I was very happy with it. It shares a lot of code with Wordpress and one can easily integrate the two, and even add more sophisticated social networking features using the BuddyPress plugin.
bbPress itself is lightweight and fast in my experience. It is easy to create a completely customized experience using only HTML, CSS and a few PHP template tags. There is a plugin architecture that allows you to customize the heck out of it without modifying the core.
One drawback is that it's future within the Wordpress stable has seemed a little uncertain recently.
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The company is growing and we're starting to implement more and more complex software designs. I feel a need for some tracking software... I just don't know if it exists.
I currently maintain a Google Doc Folder (shared by our 3 developers) with a well-organized doc for each module. A doc is also created per major upgrade to a module or modules. For all other "tracking"... we have interal forums.
I want the following:
I want get an immediate printout of all Project_01 features or bug fixes on a particular project with the option to hide or show developer comments that have been implemented in the last X number of days.
This clearly suggests a web-based system where developers enter issues, bugs, and features with appropriate tagging. Entries should be commentable, taggable, dated, editable and reporting should be based upon tags, dates, developers, projects, etc.
I figure I'm going to be perceived as naive by the grizzled veterans floating around here, though I've been running this business for 4 years (so I've been around). I don't think we have the resources to absorb the overhead of implementing something like CMMI... but then again, I don't really know what's best.
My personal evolution to using Google Docs per Application Module + internal phpbb forums for everything else has been pretty nice compared to the way we started out (marker boards, Microsoft Word docs). I just feel like I can go a long ways towards exceeding client expectations if I had the ability to track features/bugs/issues better with superior on-demand reporting.
Thoughts?
Update: Went with MediaWiki integrated with Mantis
Take a look at fogbugz. It looks like it meets all your requirements.
Also, take a look at this other SO question: Free/Cheap Task/Bug Management software
I've good experiences with mantis. http://www.mantisbt.org
Yes, FogBugz and Trac are recommended.
I hope it helps.
I find this comparison of issue tracking systems either interesting or overwhelming.
I think with 3 developers, in the same building, you probably can get by without software tools. But, adopting something now, before you're so big/complex that you can't survive without it may save a lot of future pain.
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I am looking for some tool that would help me prototype basic website structure and logistics (or simply user interface).
It should be extremely efficient in the matter of time needed to do simple changes like changing position of objects on the page. It should provide features for creating multiple pages and linking them together.
I don't need visual aspect of the thing, just the basic structure, placement of objects and logistics.
I prefer offline, free or open source solution.
Try Mockingbird, it's mainly used for user interface prototypes, but you can easily use it for flowcharts / structure diagrams etc.
Best of all it's free!
Try Balsamiq Mockups, it's excellent and quite inexpensive. Or, Microsoft's Sketchflow is great for building interactive prototypes.
In no particular order:
Sketchflow, part of Expression Blend 3
Balsamiq
Mockingbird
Axure
"I prefer offline, free or open source solution."
Then Pencil is what you need!
I've tried iPlotz recently which is an online wireframing tool and I've been impressed.
I highly recommend Mockplus Cloud.
Mockplus is a desktop-based tool for prototyping mobile, web, and apps. You are able to create interactions with simple drag-and-drop. Besides，your teamwork will be time-efficient with the collaboration feature.
The admins are always online and can solve your problems in minutes if you have any. You can learn about design and get design inspirations and resources in this group.
What’s more, this group offers many benefits to its members only.
If you join the Mockplus and the admin will offer you 40% off coupons and free UI Kits & Fonts Package. Besides, you will get life-time free tech support on Mockplus even if you are not a paid user now.
If you are looking for a place to communicate with others about product and UX/UI design, and also get a great rapid prototyping tool with saving a big budget.
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I'm looking for websites that showcase screenshots of applications with exceptional UI design. I'm writing an application and am taking my time considering what the UI should look like. My audience is not business but family.
My previous UI-design experience (and comfort) is with Windows Forms so I would typically use standard list boxes, buttons, tabs, etc. Now I'm experimenting with WPF and was looking at more...attractive...interfaces (as long as it still meets the needs of the application and enhances - not detracts - from its purpose).
Any thoughts of galleries or specific examples of applications with great UI design?
EDIT: I'll also take individual application's that you feel make a great, intuitive design.
For web, check this link:
http://designingwebinterfaces.com/designing-web-interfaces-12-screen-patterns
For windows forms, there is no such site (at least to my knowledge). What I do is to mimic the behavior of the applications I like (e.g. docking panels in Visual studio, some other GUI in Office and so on.
Media players (e.g. DVD or audio players) also have some really cool looking Gui so you can download a couple of demos from different vendors and checkout their GUI.
Last example is to go to sites like www.codeguru.com or www.codeproject.com and checkout the winforms/ MFC sections there. They have some really cool custom controls stuff.
General UI
patterntap.com
konigi.com
Mobile UI
pttrns.com
lovelyui.com
mobile-patterns.com
I found the following site which has some cool stuff for WPF:
http://windowsclient.net/community/showcase.aspx
It's not a gallery, but Joel Spolsky wrote a great book on User Interface Design for Programmers.