Chapter 04 · Competitive Research

Competitive & Patterns

Intermediate8 min read

AI can accelerate pattern research dramatically — helping you map conventions, find exceptions, and stress-test your approach. Use it to build your competitive context, not replace it.

Prompt patterns in this chapter

Selected prompt

Describe how UX pattern is typically handled in well-regarded products. What are the conventions? Common exceptions and why? What makes one implementation stronger than another?

Use when

Starting a new feature, doing a pattern audit.

Output format

Conventions section, exceptions section, quality criteria.

Sources & further reading

  1. UI design patterns Tidwell, J. et al. (2020). Designing Interfaces. O'Reilly Media.
  2. Jakob's Law Yablonski, J. (2020). Laws of UX. O'Reilly Media.

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