Comments on: Tools for Creating Pattern Libraries

By: Ambrose Little

Ambrose Little — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:44:56 +0000

Hi Jared,

Great post and topic.

I thought you and your audience might be interested in a new (free) RIA UX patterns tool called Quince.

Read more about it here: http://snipurl.com/quince-intro

Jump right into the tool here: http://quince.infragistics.com

We’re also interested in working with other pattern libraries/curators to build a UX patterns council to further the patterns community. Anyone who’d like to do that can contact me via our team blog:
http://sn.im/quince-contact

Thanks again!

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By: Bill from Atlassian

Bill from Atlassian — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:00:47 +0000

This may be a good short term fix, but isn’t really a tenable long term solution unless you can really start to customize it.

Wikipatterns is a good pattern library built on a wiki (Confluence). It has over 100 patterns for improving wiki adoption and over 2,000 contributors.

By: Jonathan Hung

Jonathan Hung — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 21:46:11 +0000

I’m working on the open source project called the Fluid Project and we’re creating an open source pattern library where people can contribute and collaborate on patterns. The idea is to have a sustainable patterns community that creates and curates its own content.

Thus, I’m intrigued by this part of Nathan’s response:

“One team effectively used Jive Software’s Clearspace tool…wiki (articles per pattern & component, including editing permissions for team & individual, commenting and ratings), discussion boards (new requests, general discussions), and blog”

Can someone point me to the site in which this is implemented? I’d love to see what they have done there since it sounds like it’s similar to what we’re attempting to do. We’re going to make a push over the next 4 months to get a great workflow and community features in place (and we can use help too!).

Links:
http://www.fluidproject.org (the parent project)
http://www.uidesignpatterns.org (the pattern library currently in development)

By: Jared Spool

Jared Spool — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:00:25 +0000

It is really astonishing and also a pitty that after all these times people creating UI Design patterns and pattern libraries, not a single useful pattern editing tool is available.

@Rainer: One person’s disappointment is another person’s business opportunity. Sounds like there could be a market for group library creation, moderation, and curation tools.

By: Rainer Gibbert

Rainer Gibbert — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:54:55 +0000

It is really astonishing and also a pitty that after all these times people creating UI Design patterns and pattern libraries, not a single useful pattern editing tool is available.

A couple of years ago, I learned about a tool called CoPE (http://www.hcipatterns.org/tiki-index.php?page=tools#) developed by Till Schümmer and Wolfram Schobert from the Fern-Universitaet Hagen in Germany, but unfortunately it seems that they never brought the project to an (usable) end. Furthermore, the tool was a windows-application which from my point of view is a no-go for a collaborative pattern creating and managing tool which should be web-based.

By: Steven Walling

Steven Walling — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:02:10 +0000

It's awesome that you mention wikis as a tool for creating pattern libraries, since the very first wiki was created to house one.

By: Lorraine Chisholm

Lorraine Chisholm — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:01:21 +0000

If you want to try out some social pattern libraries rather than create a walled garden, try http://uipatternfactory.com/

or http://ui-patterns.com/