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"Design"

Canonical
22 July 2010

Native readers: extending the Beta

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

It is time to extend the Ubuntu Font Beta Testing. We need to make sure that the Ubuntu font is being fully exercised beyond the English language and I do not want to rely on accidental incidents but rather explicitly add people from the translations teams for various languages (and alphabets). Today we have started ...

Canonical
16 July 2010

This week in design – 16th July 2010

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

In this first ever “This week in design”, Iain updates us on the work the design team have been doing on guidelines, the desktop and the font. We also name some community helpers lending their support. ...

Canonical
16 July 2010

Friday afternoon treats…

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

I came across a thread this afternoon talking about a piece of promotional work by Goce Mitevski for Ubuntu.Simple, elegant and clean. Lovely. ...

Canonical
14 July 2010

Vote now for a more supportive future!

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Evan, seen lurking here in the background, has a favour to ask. Stackoverflow is a website that allows professional and enthusiast developers to ask questions of one another in order to share ideas, solutions and make the life of developers better. It’s an extremely high quality resource but those clever folks over at Stack Overflow ...

Canonical
8 July 2010

Ubuntu font: what the glyph!

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Having read some of the comments and bugs I thought it might be useful to add some clarification on a couple of terms. What we have released so far is only the regular weight of the font. Fonts – in general – come in many weights from ultra-light to ultra-bold. The fact that regular is ...

Canonical
7 July 2010

The Ubuntu Font Family

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Ladies and Gentlemen, Today we are kicking off the Ubuntu Font BETA testing. This is a happy day! Today all Ubuntu Members will have access to a private PPA so that they can use, test and enjoy the font. The first four variants of the font family are scheduled for completion 8 August 2010 and ...

Canonical
6 July 2010

Never judge a book by its cover!

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu Software Center has amazing improvements lined-up for Maverick Meerkat and early alpha adopters are highly excited about the progress. However, what is Ubuntu Software Center? It’s merely a container, it’s only as good as the content within. We’re already aware it’s a show-stopper for new Ubuntu users and there is a papercut milest ...

Canonical
2 July 2010

Showcase to celebrate ‘Art in the Open’ bringing contributors’ work to millions

Desktop Ubuntu tech blog

Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase calls all artists to contribute to next version of Ubuntu Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu project, today announced its support for the Ubuntu Free Culture showcase. The showcase will offer artists, photographers, and musicians of every background the opportunity to have their work ship with Ubuntu 10. ...

Matthew Paul Thomas
30 June 2010

Help wanted: Testing programs that use the notification area

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

We have a list of dozens of Ubuntu programs that use the notification area. What we need now is a description of how each of them use it. ...

Canonical
30 June 2010

Doing the Polka (dot), step by step

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Anyone who has seen the new visual identity for Ubuntu and Canonical probably noticed the marketing material includes several stunning images created of differently sized dots; inside the Ubuntu Lucid CD sleeve, on banners and such. What most probably ...

Canonical
28 June 2010

Discussing Unity in Linux Format

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Issue 134 (August, 2010) of Linux Format magazine contains an interview by Jono Bacon in which I discuss Unity and other related topics. Below are the questions Jono asked me and my responses.How did you get started in Open Source?I had to build a UNIX shell and UNIX-like kernel for a university course on operating ...

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