Web-site for typical GUI-solutions to common usability problems?

Question

A discussion happened today where a grid containing data, which ultimately had data attached to it, think master-detail type grids, and a question followed, so I thought I'd ask the question here in the hopes someone has an answer or some pointers.

If you have a problem where you're wondering how should I do this so that the user will feel at home, or know the way to use my GUI , is there a website or something that you can go to in order to find typical ways to do stuff?

For instance, think of a grid where you can select a bunch of things and then afterwards process them.

Such a list can be done either by using checkboxes, or multiselect. Then someone says "We need to show history data for the selected rows". Would a typical solution be sub-grids inside the original grid, which you can expand for the rows you're interested in? Would it be a popup dialog that shows history data?

This question becomes very generic, I know, but does anyone know of any site that has things like this, even remotely useful?

Answer 1

The Pattern Library at Welie.com is incredible. It gives you common scenarios, the theory behind it, and examples of live sites that follow the pattern.

I am not a web designer, but appreciate this site immensely.

Answer 2

前几天，我找到了这个网站 ，它更多地是参考其他人的工作方式，但是可能很有用（尤其是随着它的建立而增加）。