Practical UI Patterns for Design Systems: Fast-Track Interaction Design for a Seamless User Experience

© Diana MacDonald 2019

Diana MacDonaldPractical UI Patterns for Design Systemshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4938-3_5

5. Anti-patterns and dark patterns

Diana MacDonald¹ 

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Victoria, VIC, Australia

 

Healthy skepticism is often the best way to glean the value of what’s being presented—challenge it; prove it wrong, if you can. That creates engagement, which is the key to understanding.

—David Allen, Getting Things Done

What are anti-patterns?

Anti-patterns are recurring solutions that create more problems than they solve. On the surface, they may seem appealing as solutions to your design problems, but dig a little deeper and you’ll find there’s more pain than promise. As with the three ingredients of a UI pattern we saw in Chapter 1, here are ...