As design­ers, some­times we need a lit­tle inspi­ra­tion to get our cre­ative juices flow­ing. Look­ing at exam­ples of dif­fer­ent user inter­face pat­terns could give us the ideas we need to design some­thing amaz­ing. That’s why I put together four of the best user inter­face design pat­tern libraries around the web. I have searched and looked at dozens. But these four, I believe, offer the best exam­ples with the best nav­i­ga­tions for brows­ing. The first two offer pat­terns only. The last two offer pat­terns with expla­na­tions on how to use each pat­tern. Take a look at the col­lec­tion and let me know in the com­ments which one you like the best.

IE7.js is a JavaScript library to make Microsoft Internet Explorer behave like a standards-compliant browser. It fixes many HTML and CSS issues and makes transparent PNG work correctly under IE5 and IE6.

… gives cross browser SVG support that works all the way back to IE6. Total Win!

Be sure to also check this simple example.

It is a set of libraries, tools and presets to create pixelated indie-style 8/16-bit era games in Javascript that runs in your browser without any Flash plugin, making use of a small small small subset of the HTML5 features, that are actually available on many modern browsers.

Simple but cross-browser library.

Applies SVG (using Keith Wood plugin for jQuery) or canvas method if supported on the client browser (includes explorercanvas patch for ie). If not, applies methods derivated from the work of Walter Zorn for compatibility.

jQuery Tools is a collection of the most important user-interface components for today’s websites. This single JavaScript file weighs only 5.59 Kb