UI Pattern Libraries

I don’t think that as UX Architects we should be governed too much by a recipe book, so to speak. It doesn’t really help true innovation. However, conventions are valid on the web, and often it’s not ideal to re-invent the wheel, just because you can. It can be handy to refer to a pattern library from time to time, so here are a few good ones…

• Yahoo Pattern Library
• Patterns from Designing Social Interfaces
• UI Patterns – User Interface Design Pattern Library
• Patterns in Interaction Design from Welie.com
• And, the UI Pattern Factory

UPDATE: And I almost forgot (well, did forget) one of the best; Pattern Tap (Thanks Gav!)