frame·work – (frām’wûrk’) n.
- A structure for supporting or enclosing something else, especially a skeletal support used as the basis for something being constructed.
- An external work platform; a scaffold.
- A fundamental structure, as for a written work.
- A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Why does this Illustrator icon set deserve to be called a UI design framework? In the author’s words, it includes a GUI Library, icons set, and a styles library. Yes, it’s good looking… maybe even useful. But not a framework.
I’d like to think UI design is more than visual design, the skinning of an interface. But maybe what I’m thinking of is called interaction design… or is it user experience design…