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Inayaili de León Persson
17 March 2014

Making ubuntu.com responsive: setting the rules (2)

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

This post is part of the series ‘Making ubuntu.com responsive‘. The front end framework that powers www.ubuntu.com represents the visual evolution of the site over the past few years: designs have become cleaner, lighter and more open. It was designed without responsiveness in mind, but it has proven flexible, robust and great for our nee ...

Inayaili de León Persson
17 March 2014

Making ubuntu.com responsive: intro (1)

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

We’ve known for a while it was time to convert our main site, www.ubuntu.com, into a responsive site, and we’re now nearing the end of the project! The main www.ubuntu.com site receives millions of visitors every month and it holds information on the variety of Ubuntu products and services, allowing people to download Ubuntu, get ...

Tom Macfarlane
13 March 2014

MWC 2014 – A strong design coherence in everything we do

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Last month at Mobile World Congress Ubuntu’s presence was stronger than ever. Our third year at MWC and we made some significant design changes to our stand. In such a large exhibition space, strong branding is key. We designed five large banners – made from fabric and stretched across metal frames – that were suspended above the stand. E ...

Canonical
13 March 2014

New Apps header

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

The new apps header features max. 4 slots that can be arranged and combined in order to fulfil user needs in every screen. Header’s values We want to provide our users with the right amount of contextual information for them to know: 1- Where they are at (inside the app, in a particular view). 2- ...

Canonical
10 March 2014

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS wallpaper

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Hey For the last couple of weeks we’ve been working on the new Ubuntu Wallpaper. It is never easy trust me. The most difficult part was to work out the connection between the old wallpapers and the new look and feel – Suru. The wallpaper has become an integral part of the ubuntu brand, the ...

Mark Shuttleworth
8 March 2014

The very best edge of all

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

The bottom edge is the most natural one to use, and Ubuntu has given it to developers to make the most of. Some design guidance establishes a framework for evaluating your creativity, but it leaves a very wide degree of creative freedom and we’re already seeing a load of superb interactions coming to the fore in core and community apps. H ...

Canonical
6 March 2014

Thanks for all your submissions!

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

The submissions process for Ubuntu 14.04 is now closed. If you’d like to look at the images head over to the Flickr Group. From here on a group of dedicated and splendid individuals will get together to select the images that are going to go into the next release of Ubuntu. We’ll be hanging out on #1404wallpaper on Freenode and you can c ...

Canonical
6 March 2014

Loving the bottom edge

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

The bottom edge is the most pleasurable edge to use. Grab a phone, any phone, and slide your thumb up over the bottom edge, then back. Go on, do it a few times. Feel good? Yeah, our extensive research suggests this feels pretty amazing to pretty much everyone. Hmmm…. Feels good! That’s why we’ve given ...

Inayaili de León Persson
27 February 2014

Latest from the web team — February 2014

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Time flies! February is mostly behind us now and hopefully spring won’t take too long to show up in London. In the last few weeks we’ve worked on: Ubuntu Resources: we’ve released a new iteration of the site this week — have a look and let us know your thoughts! MWC 2014: we’ve created a ...

Inayaili de León Persson
27 February 2014

Ubuntu Resources — beta!

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Today we’ve released a new version of Ubuntu Resources with some new functionality and design improvements, and we’ve now moved from alpha to beta! Feedback We asked visitors to the site to give us their feedback based on their visits on their mobile devices, and we received lots of useful comments since we launched the ...

Canonical
12 February 2014

App Design Clinic #8

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

This week we dedicated the short clinic to sizing, and ensuring widgets and items are usable (touchable). We covered… The Ubuntu grid unit – for more information, see http://developer.ubuntu.com/api/qml/sdk-1.0/UbuntuUserInterfaceToolkit.resolution-independence/) Minimum touch target size – 4×4 gu A sneak preview of the updated widgets co ...

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