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Canonical
27 February 2013

App patterns applied: calendar key journeys

Notes Ubuntu

Last week we introduced key screens for our core utility app designs, and we’ve been sketching key journeys ever since to unpack these concepts further. Whereas the key screens communicate the overall, high level concept of an app, outlining key journeys is a design technique that gives us a feel for how users can accomplish

Canonical
27 February 2013

Canonical
22 February 2013

App patterns explained: content views

User Experience Ubuntu

When designing an app, an important thing to consider in your app is how to display content. In our design guidelines, we have provided three standard views: Grid, List and Full screen which we think will cover most situations. Grid view Content divided into rows and columns is referred to as a grid view. The

Canonical
22 February 2013

Canonical
15 February 2013

App patterns applied: core utilities for Ubuntu on phones

User Experience Ubuntu

Many of you must have noticed the call for core apps proposals that’s being run by the Ubuntu Community team. The response has been great, thanks to everyone taking part! In the Design Team, we thought that we could chip in to this effort and come up with some design concepts that reflect the vision

Canonical
15 February 2013

Canonical
14 February 2013

App patterns explained : Layout

User Experience Ubuntu

We want everyone to design and build beautiful and usable apps, and the App Design Guides help us do just that! So to kick things off, if you’re thinking about how to layout your app in portrait view, here’s how. Core layout Your app must have A header on the top of the screen, which

Canonical
14 February 2013

Canonical
13 February 2013

Announcing the App Design Guides

User Experience Ubuntu

We’re very excited to have just released the first version of the App Design Guides, the go-to destination to design and build beautiful and usable apps for Ubuntu on phones! There is also a very handy Ubuntu user interface toolkit preview for developers. We believe technology should be available to everyone. Going...

Canonical
13 February 2013

Canonical
7 February 2013

Talking about gestures to Fast Company

User Experience Ubuntu

Presenting Ubuntu on phones last month caused a bit of a stir in the tech press. One of the main takeaways has been its assertion on an interface that’s based on direct and instant access to common functions via the edges of the screen. Since this is quite a disruption from traditional hard-key or soft-button

Canonical
7 February 2013

Canonical
28 January 2013

Raring to ringlead this cycle

Design Ubuntu

Raring Ringtail is well under way with delicious new visual elements being dropped in all the time, and the new default wallpaper has already landed. Now it’s our turn to add some community contributed assets to the mix in the form of the wallpapers submitted by us, the users of Ubuntu. Last cycle we limited

Canonical
28 January 2013

Canonical
16 January 2013

Behind the scenes: Notes

User Experience Ubuntu

With the recent reveal of Ubuntu on phones, and now the release of an example “Notes” application and toolkit , we thought this would be a great opportunity to share a summary of the process we went through for the design of the application itself. Why it is needed There has been a lot of research

Canonical
16 January 2013

Canonical
9 January 2013

Viva Ubuntu!

Notes Ubuntu

Wow! How do you know you’ve made something great? Some good indicators are press coverage, an award and a visit by Will.i.am. The first day at CES showed that the mobile industry and many, many (no, really!), many people are impressed and intrigued by Ubuntu for the phone. 1. Amazing interest Online, on the first

Canonical
9 January 2013

Inayaili de León Persson
3 January 2013

Designing the new Ubuntu for phone pages

Article Ubuntu

As you’ve probably seen, Canonical has just announced Ubuntu on phones. We’re all very excited about it, especially since so many of us have been working hard on this project. Here’s an insight into the design of the new phone pages on ubuntu.com. Deciding what to say The tricky part when designing pages to show

Inayaili de León Persson
3 January 2013

Canonical
2 January 2013

Ubuntu comes to the phone, with a beautifully distilled interface and a unique full PC capability when docked

News Desktop

Leading open PC platform with huge global following announces mobile version for network operators, OEMs and silicon vendors Fast, beautiful interface for entry level smartphones Unique PC experience on superphones when docked with a monitor, keyboard and mouse Ubuntu raises the bar for mobile UI design, for richer and...

Canonical
2 January 2013

Canonical
30 November 2012

Design and arts in education

Notes Ubuntu

Ubuntu’s design team supports #includedesign, which is a important initiative – supported by many design organizations and companies.

Canonical
30 November 2012

Matthew Paul Thomas
23 November 2012

Solving design problems

Featured Ubuntu

To solve a design problem, define the target user, test the existing solution (if any), evaluate alternative solutions, and test with real users. The more of these steps you can follow, the better the results.

Matthew Paul Thomas
23 November 2012

Canonical
5 November 2012

Back to Lecturing for the day

User Experience Ubuntu

In my last post, I spoke about my transition from academia to industry. One thing that I felt I would miss were the opportunities to speak to students, and watch their progression throughout the year. So when I was asked to go back to the University to give a talk, I jumped at the chance.

Canonical
5 November 2012

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