Web engineering and design team

Discover the latest news and work from the web and design team

The Web and design team at Canonical pride themselves on building things properly, not quickly. Always looking for creative ways to push the bounderies of the web.

Improving the Multi-Monitor Experience in Ubuntu

by Canonical on 20 December 2011

Over the past few months we have been working on improving the multi-monitor experience in Ubuntu. We took the opportunity at UDS in November to get some...

Interview with Mr.doob

by Canonical on 9 December 2011

In the following months we are going to invite inspiring artists to talk about their amazing work and the role that Ubuntu and free software cover, or could...

Убу́нту Моно: «Г» «Њ њ Љ љ» «Ђ ђ Ћ ћ»

by Canonical on 1 December 2011

Amélie Bonet at Dalton Maag has drawn up redesigns for a number of the Cyrillic and Serbian/Balkans characters that weren’t as clear, or ideal as they could...

Ubuntu TV discussions hot up

by Mark Shuttleworth on 27 November 2011

Threads are coalescing around the concept of an Ubuntu TV experience, driven by Unity.

Ubuntu Phone, Tablet and TV – discussion opened

by Canonical on 16 November 2011

Big thanks to everyone who turned up at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Orlando to discuss Ubuntu’s future on new devices! Now, following Mark Shuttleworth’s...

Getting in touch with us

by Canonical on 16 November 2011

During the past UDS’ we have been repeatedly asked a better way to be reached. There are many reasons why a community member could feel the need of contacting...

Juju: a logo with a story

by Marcus Haslam on 3 November 2011

Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote this week at the Ubuntu Developer Summit includes introducing Juju, including a big slide showing off the new Juju logo. Below is...

“When Humans make stuff, we tend to make interesting things.”

by Canonical on 2 November 2011

Last night I watched “Press Pause Play” which in it’s own words is a film about fear, hope and digital culture. If you’ve not heard the talk surrounding the...

Thanks a billion! Ubuntu on Google Webfonts

by Canonical on 16 October 2011

Kudos to everyone using the Ubuntu Font Family on their websites as a web font! This week the total to date reached over one billion requests—and it’ll go up...

So you’ve decided to make an Ubuntu promotional video

by Canonical on 11 October 2011

We made a video outlining what makes Ubuntu 11.10 so great and you can make one too in your language using this guide and assets.

Thanks Steve!

by Canonical on 6 October 2011

Steve Jobs has been an incredible influential individual to our lives, and especially to our jobs. Thanks to his vision and his drive he made people love, and...

We’ve got mail!

by Canonical on 28 September 2011

Every day just about everyone at Canonical gets email by the bucket load. Even someone like me who’s only peripherally involved in desktop development and...