Joe has kept me up to date on the progress of this... I remember seeing it at the very early stages!
Fellow Cardiffian making waves :)
How does this compare to other similar sites out there?
@bentossell Hey Ben. Some similar sites focus on a specific type of UI (e.g. ‘pricing tables’, or ‘registration pages’), but on UIDB you can search for (and submit) any type of UI. This enables the user to be ultra specific about which types of UI they’d like to find inspiration for - there are no limits. For example, one of my favourite tags on UIDB right now is ‘dynamic pricing’, where you can find examples of interactive pricing pages (e.g. these pages have a slider, or a toggle, etc.): http://uidb.io/search?q=dynamic%.... Another very specific example is ‘autocomplete UI’: http://uidb.io/search?q=autocomp....
Also, like I said to @NeilCocker today, many design communities (Dribbble, Behance, et al.) have a lot of conceptual design work, which isn’t always practical when you’re looking for inspiration to design something for the web right now. Personally I like to to visit the UI/page and see what it really looks like, how it interacts, etc.
Additionally, UIDB has been built from the ground up as a platform to accept UGC from day 1 (or day 0 for the dev out there…). This gives us a unique proposition that similar, curation-only, sites can’t offer. At the moment you can register via Twitter, submit UI examples, create collections, edit your profile, and so on, but going forward you’ll also be able to upvote/downvote, comment, and make UI requests. Long-term UIDB will grow into a community, not just a curated directory.
The thing I’m most excited about is adding the ability to filter by industry. Soon, you’ll be able to search for things like “pricing tables from SaaS websites”, “enquiry forms from real estate websites”, “registration modals from financial services websites”, and so on.
Another feature I’m proud of is UIDB Requests - let us know what UI you’d like inspiration for, and we’ll go and find you relevant examples according to your brief. Once we’ve found and submitted them to UIDB, we’ll send you an email with a link. You can do this here (it’s free): http://uidb.io/request
@neilcocker Hi Neil, thanks for asking.
One of my frustrations with 'similar' sites (e.g. Dribbble) is that many UI designs posted are simply concepts, and haven't actually been built / can't be visited. As pretty as these concepts are, they're just concepts and as such not as useful (IMO) as being able to actually visit and click around said UI. All examples on UIDB are live when posted and can be visited.
I am looking at the possibility of automatically grabbing a screenshot of the URL posted via an API (for mobile/tablet/desktop), and including that on each single UI example page. That’d kind give it a ‘live preview’ feel, but is a way off yet! Also potential to iframe the URL from within UIDB, but again, that’s a way off :-)
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