Comments on: links for 23 May 2006 http://www.disambiguity.com/links-for-2006-05-23/ pretty design pending Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:07:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: melissa http://www.disambiguity.com/links-for-2006-05-23/#comment-958 melissa Fri, 26 May 2006 03:25:35 +0000 http://www.disambiguity.com/2006/05/links-for-2006-05-23/#comment-958 Hmmm... certainly some patterns may work straight from the box, so to speak. Perhaps the power of patterns is in the high-level stuff, and its the finely-grained areas or content that may need customising. I think they can still be patterns, in terms of "high-level objects" -- let's say a login-module. But customisation might be appropraite at the detail level (if the login-module is for a wedding register, say, would it be more appropriate to customise the language? eg "sign in" rather than "log in" -- this is a fairly small and pathetic example, I know... ;) I haven't used a formal pattern library, per se. But there definitely are "modules" that I have created in Visio stencils, which I will use over and over again. (I do tweak, where necessary.) M Hmmm… certainly some patterns may work straight from the box, so to speak. Perhaps the power of patterns is in the high-level stuff, and its the finely-grained areas or content that may need customising. I think they can still be patterns, in terms of “high-level objects” — let’s say a login-module. But customisation might be appropraite at the detail level (if the login-module is for a wedding register, say, would it be more appropriate to customise the language? eg “sign in” rather than “log in” — this is a fairly small and pathetic example, I know… ;)
I haven’t used a formal pattern library, per se. But there definitely are “modules” that I have created in Visio stencils, which I will use over and over again. (I do tweak, where necessary.)

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]]> By: leisa.reichelt http://www.disambiguity.com/links-for-2006-05-23/#comment-917 leisa.reichelt Wed, 24 May 2006 23:45:47 +0000 http://www.disambiguity.com/2006/05/links-for-2006-05-23/#comment-917 well... i'd have thought that if you have a good enough pattern library you might have a few different patterns to choose from, so determining the best solution is still part of the process (and that may involve developing a new pattern). If you customise your patterns for every project, are they still patterns? well… i’d have thought that if you have a good enough pattern library you might have a few different patterns to choose from, so determining the best solution is still part of the process (and that may involve developing a new pattern).

If you customise your patterns for every project, are they still patterns?

]]> By: melissa http://www.disambiguity.com/links-for-2006-05-23/#comment-910 melissa Wed, 24 May 2006 06:33:42 +0000 http://www.disambiguity.com/2006/05/links-for-2006-05-23/#comment-910 Oooo, under Methodological Anti-patterns... # Golden hammer: Assuming that a favorite solution is universally applicable I suppose this is the danger with getting too involved with pattern libraries... Mind you, a workable pattern from a library could still be a good start, so customisation is targetted to the specific problem rather than built ground-up... Oooo, under Methodological Anti-patterns…

# Golden hammer: Assuming that a favorite solution is universally applicable

I suppose this is the danger with getting too involved with pattern libraries… Mind you, a workable pattern from a library could still be a good start, so customisation is targetted to the specific problem rather than built ground-up…

]]> By: leisa.reichelt http://www.disambiguity.com/links-for-2006-05-23/#comment-907 leisa.reichelt Tue, 23 May 2006 23:50:33 +0000 http://www.disambiguity.com/2006/05/links-for-2006-05-23/#comment-907 ah, yes. whoops. some kind of weird sub-concious 'i can't believe it's almost June' thing I think. (for those who missed it, I'd dated the most 23 March) ah, yes.
whoops.

some kind of weird sub-concious ‘i can’t believe it’s almost June’ thing I think.

(for those who missed it, I’d dated the most 23 March)

]]> By: Rachel Dixon http://www.disambiguity.com/links-for-2006-05-23/#comment-904 Rachel Dixon Tue, 23 May 2006 22:27:38 +0000 http://www.disambiguity.com/2006/05/links-for-2006-05-23/#comment-904 Methinks you mean 23 May, no? Methinks you mean 23 May, no?

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