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Blog posts tagged
"Design"

Alejandra Obregon
13 May 2013

Ubuntu.com update

Ubuntu Design

I’d like to give an update on upcoming plans for Ubuntu.com and to respond to recent concerns about the positioning of the community within the website. Earlier in the year we worked on an evolution of Ubuntu.com to reflect the expanded scope of the project in the main site structure. Our re-structuring conversations went beyond ...

Canonical
1 May 2013

Weather & Clock app visual exploration

Ubuntu Notes

Thank you for all your positive feedback after our first blog post. We are very excited and are continuing with the designs, here’s a quick update on how we’re getting on. During the last few weeks we have been looking at the development of the weather and clock apps. We are also looking at set ...

Canonical
26 April 2013

Responding to orientation

Ubuntu Notes

We have just published a new chapter on our App Design Guides : how to handle orientation. To cater for the different orientations of a range of touch devices, we need to design apps for Ubuntu in a responsive way. Phone orientations The primary orientation for an app on the phone is portrait. Consider using landscape orientation when we ...

Canonical
17 April 2013

Designing in the open

Ubuntu Notes

On Tuesday 9th of April I gave a little talk at Mozilla’s “Designing in the Open” event. Along with the rest of the speakers I was asked to prepare a 10 – 15 minutes talk and to be prepared for a discussion to follow. In preparation for the talk I spoke to a few people ...

Inayaili de León Persson
16 April 2013

Spring cleaning ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Design

Yesterday we’ve launched an updated version of ubuntu.com, which we hope will improve navigation throughout the site and provide visitors with a better understanding of what Ubuntu is. Research is an important part of what we do, and this update isn’t an exception. The improvements we have made in terms of content and structure of ...

Canonical
12 April 2013

Core utility apps visual exploration

Ubuntu Featured

Hi everyone, following our process post last week I’m excited to share the first round of visual exploration for three of our core utility apps; clock, weather and calendar (calculator and an updated notepad soon too I promise!). It is important to note that this is still an early stage in the design process. Our ...

Canonical
11 April 2013

The design vision for Ubuntu

Phone and tablet Article

An interview with Marcus Haslam, head of brand and visual design at Canonical. ...

Canonical
5 April 2013

Core utility apps process update

Ubuntu Notes

Well done to everyone working on the core utility apps – we’ve made amazing progress so let’s celebrate that! We all want to see what’s coming up so here’s a summary of where we have been, where we are now and where we are going in our design process. Right hand side image : our ...

Canonical
26 March 2013

App patterns applied: weather key journeys

Ubuntu Notes

These last few weeks we have looked at the concepts behind our ritual apps, and explored key journeys for each. Now it is the turn of the weather app! Sitting down with visual design (visual designs coming soon, watch this space!), we fleshed out the original weather concept to explore how it will meet the user ...

Inayaili de León Persson
25 March 2013

Good Ubuntu books?

Ubuntu Notes

A few weeks ago we received a copy of the “No Starch Press” book “Ubuntu Made Easy”, by Rickford Grant with Phil Bull. The book’s main goal – which we fully approve of! – is to introduce Ubuntu to newcomers by taking readers through the various projects, with step-by-step instructions which demonstrate how to do ...

Canonical
23 March 2013

Three main types of user behaviour found in ubuntu.com testing

Ubuntu User Experience

Understanding user behaviour through user research is an integral part of our design process. In the last ubuntu.com website testing, some insights surfaced about user behaviour, which could help to shape a great user experience for our website. We share the three mains ones here. They have been much discussed in the UX, and the ...

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