Customizable Window

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Contents 1 Customizable Window 1.1 Quick Summary 1.2 Visual Examples 1.3 Examples found on the World Wide Web 1.4 Use When 1.5 Possible Solution 1.6 Rationale 1.7 This pattern is being used to 1.8 Source

[edit] Customizable Window

[edit] Quick Summary

Customizable Windows make it possible for the user to customize the site the way he or she likes. Usually the location and the content of the window is customizable and the user has to perform some sort of login so that the site can memorize his or her settings for the next visit.

[edit] Visual Examples

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[edit] Examples found on the World Wide Web

• This page is heavily based on customizable windows: http://www.startpagina.nl/
• Google offers the possibility to customize it: http://www.google.com/ig
• http://www.netvibes.com/

[edit] Use When

• If the website has much content but the users are usually only interested in some of them, customizable windows let them concentrate on the important information without having to search for it ever time they are visiting the site.
• If the typical user visits the site frequently, for rare visits customization would be too time-consuming.

[edit] Possible Solution

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[edit] Rationale

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[edit] This pattern is being used to

• add
• adjust
• choose
• customize
• filter

[edit] Source

• http://www.welie.com/patterns/showPattern.php?patternID=customization-window