Reasons To Use Design Patterns
Benefits of using interaction design patterns include:
- Teaching novices some best practices and common approaches
- Capturing collective wisdom of designers across many uses and scenarios
- Giving teams a common language, reducing misunderstandings that arise from different vocabulary
- Reducing time and costs in the design and development lifecycle
- Making usable designs the "path of least resistance"
- Eliminate wasted time spent "reinventing the wheel"
- Ensuring users have a consistent and predictable experience within an application or service
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