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Ubuntu
Yakkety Yak
by Tom Macfarlane on 7 November 2016
The Yakkety Yak 16.10 release animal artwork is now available to download here. 16.10 release animal Origami Yak Initial design exploration Design development...
Ubuntu
October’s reading list
by Inayaili de León Persson on 1 November 2016
Here are the best links shared by the design team during the month of October: Don’t Let Email Zombies Eat Up Your Day SuperHi: Learn to code in London, New...
Ubuntu
Working to make Juju more accessible
by Joseph Williams on 20 October 2016
In the middle of July the Juju team got together to work towards making Juju more accessible. For now the aim was to reach Level AA compliant, with the...
Ubuntu
Download Ubuntu Yakkety Yak 16.10 wallpaper
by Grazina Borosko on 20 October 2016
The Yakkety Yak 16.10 is released and now you can download the new wallpaper by clicking here. It’s the latest part of the set for the Ubuntu 2016 releases...
Ubuntu
Ubuntu Core
by Tom Macfarlane on 12 October 2016
Recently the brand team designed new logos for Core and Ubuntu Core. Both of which will replace the existing Snappy logo and bring consistency across all...
Ubuntu
A week in Vancouver with the Landscape team
by Inayaili de León Persson on 12 October 2016
Earlier this month Peter and I headed to Vancouver to participate in a week-long Landscape sprint. The main goals of the sprint were to review the work that...
Ubuntu
September’s reading list
by Inayaili de León Persson on 3 October 2016
Here are the best links shared by the design team during the month of September: Empty States It’s ok to say what’s ok Sully – 208 Seconds Experience Google...
Phone and tablet
August’s reading list
by Inayaili de León Persson on 1 September 2016
August has been a quiet month, as many of team have taken some time off to enjoy the unusually lovely London summer weather, but we have a few great links to...
Ubuntu
What is the best way to display online status? We tested it
by Rae Shambrook on 17 August 2016
Recently I have been working on the visual design for RCS (which stands for rich communications service) group chat. While working on the “Group Info” screen,...
Ubuntu
Convergent terminal
by Canonical on 15 August 2016
We have been looking at ways of making the Terminal app more pleasing, in terms of the user experience, as well as the visuals. I would like to share the work...
Ubuntu
Competition winner – Timer App
by Canonical on 9 August 2016
Back in June we hosted a competition that asked developers to use the AdaptivePageLayout component from the UI toolkit to create an app that converges across...
Ubuntu
Web team hack day
by Anthony Dillon on 8 August 2016
Last week the developers in the web team swapped the office for the lobby of the hotel across the street. The day was geared up to allow us to leave our daily...