Web Application Design Patterns

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With the ubiquity of web browsers, increasingly the Web is being used as a platform-independent application environment. Also, the current trend of using software as a service has led to an increase in the development and use of Web (or hosted) applications. Now, more recently, the opportunities of rich Internet applications (Web 2.0 and otherwise) offer up new design issues and solutions. But despite the pervasiveness of Web Applications, there are no standards for their design--unlike the standards offered by Windows or Macintosh platforms, for instance. So there are limited restrictions on how interaction is designed. This results in a wide variety of appearance and behavior of applications--even within the applications created by the same company, even those that have documentation standards and look-and-feel guidelines. We need only to look at ourselves to see some of these broad issues. Table Of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Introduction Benefits of Web Applications Challenges to Designing Interfaces for web Applications Design Patterns Documenting Patterns Organizations of the Patterns in This Book Using Patterns in This Book Companion Web Site Chapter 2: Forms Introduction Clear Benefits Short Forms Logical Grouping Label Alignment Required Field Indicators Smart Defaults Forgiving Format Keyboard Navigation Input Hints/Prompts Action Buttons Error Messages Chapter 3: User Authentication Introduction Registration CAPTCHA Log In Log Out Automatic Logout Forgot Username/Password Chapter 4: Applications Main Page Introduction Inbox Control Panel Dashboard Portal Personalization Customization Blank State Chapter 5: Navigation Introduction Primary Navigation Secondary Navigation Utility Navigation Faceted Navigation Supplementary Navigation Tag Clouds Breadcrumbs Wizards Chapter 6: Searching and Filtering Introduction Simple Search Parametric Search Advanced Search Search Tips Search Results Sorting Pagination Continuous Scrolling Filtering Faceted Search Saved Searches Chapter 7: Lists Introduction Simple List Tabular List Hierarchical List Event List Timelines Image Lists/Grids Maps List Actions List Utility Functions Chapter 8: Rich Internet Applications Introduction Rich-Text Editor Rich Form Autosuggest/Autocompletion Edit-in-Place Overview-plus-Detail Dynamic Querying Live Preview Drag-and-Drop Slider Animations/Transitions Delay/progress Indicators Spotlight/Yellow-Fade Carousel Usability Issues Inherent With RIAs Chapter 9: Social Applications Introduction Add/Upload Content Tagging Ratings Reviews Vote to Promote User Profile Reputations Discover Networks Members Friend Lists Groups and special-Interest communities Messaging Presence Indicators Sharing Collaboration Chapter 10: Internationalization Introduction Extensible Design Date Format Time Format Number Format Currency and Currency Format Global Gateway Language Selector Chapter 11: Accessibility Introduction Progressive Enhancement Semantic Markup Unobtrusive Style Sheets Unobtrusive Java Script Accessible Forms Accessible Images Accessible Tables Accessible Navigation Accessible Alternative Accessibility and Rich Internet Applications Chapter 12: Visual Design Introduction Liquid-Width Layout Fixed-Width Layout Progressive Layout Grid Structures Visual Hierarchy Highlight Chapter 13: Pattern Libraries Introduction Pattern Library