We had a great last year with Patternry, and want to thank You for it! We are extremely happy for all the new users and the feedback we have received from you. Based on your feedback we are making Patternry better and more useful all the time.
Currently Patternry is a great service for building and sharing user interface design pattern libraries, but in the future we want to make it a more dynamic resource that will help developers and designers communicate better while also helping them all the way from sketching to coding and finally to testing.
Today we introduced some big changes that we believe will make Patternry a better fit for you:
1. New pattern editor.
The new editor will not just look better and feel more simple, but it will also allow you to add custom thumbnails for your patterns. In addition, images, links and source code examples will be possible to add in the editor, and not only on the pattern page.
2. Simplified navigation.
Previously the Open Library could be reached from both personal and shared workspaces. Having a public library inside a private workspace was causing some confusion, and therefore we changed it so that the Open Library will be accessed from the workspace selection and not from the workspaces anymore. Also, we improved the navigation within workspaces to make it more clear what can be done and where.
3. Visual improvements.
We implemented some new visual design ideas in the new pattern editor and the manage pattern pages, and decided to use them also everywhere else where appropriate. There is some more to it than just shiny new graphics, for example we added sorting to the tables. Now Patternry should be even more enjoyable to use.
What’s coming next?
Custom pattern templates. In the coming months we are going to introduce custom pattern templates. If our standard pattern template doesn’t fit your needs, you can create a custom template and choose what elements your patterns should contain and name them as you want. And if you later on want to edit a template, the change will apply to all the patterns using your template.
Special promotion
Check out the improvements, and take advantage of our special promotion by creating a Shared Workspace, if you haven’t tried it yet. We are offering 25 % off on our Team plan until the end of January, if you pay in six month intervals. To take advantage of the offer, Sign In and select the “promo plan” from the Create a Shared Workspace-page.
