Interaction Design Pattern - Reasons To Use Design Patterns

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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