I do believe that design patterns in design and usability are really helpful and are penned after a lot of consideration, usage, observation and tuning. When t

I do believe that design patterns in design and usability are really helpful and are penned after a lot of consideration, usage, observation and tuning. When the ipod launched with the click wheel feature all the usability experts were busy looking for the good and bad. If you stuck to rules it is hard to come up with new stuff. I appreciate the thought of bring old-school wisdom here, who knows this can possibly lead to some better sign-up forms. On the iPod incident Steve Jobs responded by redefining Design with a very simple meaning - "Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like,...That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."