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Blog posts tagged
"Design"

Canonical
25 October 2013

Indented styles and the Ubuntu shape

Ubuntu Featured

Since we released the initial demo of Ubuntu on phones, we’ve been looking at refining the whole Suru theme — the theme on Ubuntu for phones and tablets — and creating visual guidelines for it. Two of the things that we evolved were the treatment of the indented style and the corner size of the ...

Inayaili de León Persson
24 October 2013

Latest from the web team — October 2013

Ubuntu User Experience

Release month is always a busy one for the web team, and this time was no exception with the Ubuntu 13.10 release last week. In the last few weeks we’ve worked on: Ubuntu 13.10 release: we’ve updated www.ubuntu.com for the latest Ubuntu release Updates to the new Ubuntu OpenStack cloud section: based on some really ...

Canonical
23 October 2013

App Design Clinic #3

Ubuntu Notes

Today’s clinic included: A discussion of launcher placement, Brad Well’s Bible app – general design guidance Michael Zanetti’s uAuthenticator app – general design guidance, plus a discussion of naming and how names appear in the dash and in the app header The next clinic is on Wednesday 6th November. We love discussing design, so please ...

Luca Paulina
27 September 2013

Designing a product you don’t use

Ubuntu User Experience

Over the last year we have been working on the Juju GUI to reach a broader audience. Juju is a way of building complex cloud environments. It connects different services, allows complex configuration and the ability to scale out quickly and easily. Juju is offered as a command line tool or as a GUI on ...

Inayaili de León Persson
26 September 2013

Latest from the web team — September 2013

Ubuntu Article

We might have been quiet, but we have been busy! Here’s a quick overview of what the web team has been up to recently. In the past month we’ve worked on: New juju.ubuntu.com website: we’ve revamped the information architecture, revisited the key journeys and updated the look to be more in line with www.ubuntu.com Fenchurch ...

Canonical
26 September 2013

Wednesday App Clinic – Update

Ubuntu Notes

Over the last few weeks, we’ve enjoyed running 2 Wednesday App Clinics. Thanks to all those who sent us their apps and questions. It’s been a fantastic response! It certainly has helped us to see how you’ve been using the design guides and the components, and I hope it has helped you. The first clinic started ...

Canonical
10 September 2013

Wednesday App Design Clinic

Ubuntu Design

Since Ubuntu touch was announced, its been fantastic to see the variety of apps you’ve been developing, from shopping lists to word games, to apps that aid your daily commute. As the Ubuntu Touch platform gets bigger and better, myself and the design team have been receiving more requests for feedback on designs, as well ...

Canonical
10 September 2013

Join in UbuntuVoice: be the voice of millions of Ubuntu users

Cloud and server User Experience

In past years, we have had many Ubuntu users getting involved in helping with our user research. Now we feel it’s time to form a user research network, which we’re calling: UbuntuVoice. So,  if you want to: be the voice of over 20 million Ubuntu users. You will have the opportunities to take part in ...

Canonical
20 August 2013

Music app: focus on the content

Ubuntu Featured

Music apps that allow users to switch between player and queue mode can be quite complex. Some challenges of music apps in general: Deep navigation through the music library: Home › Artists › Artist › Album › Play queue Switching between play queue and library And a challenge unique for the Ubuntu phone: Keeping play ...

Canonical
16 August 2013

Usability testing: how do we design effective tasks

Cloud and server User Experience

Previously, Charline Poirier provided an excellent post about how to recruit representative participants for usability testing. To continue the story, we are going to talk about the next stage: developing effective task sets, which is a crucial part of a test protocol. We conduct usability testing iteratively and throughout the product li ...

Canonical
6 August 2013

Calendar App Visuals

Ubuntu User Experience

Over the past few weeks we’ve been exploring visual directions for the calendar app. It’s a pretty exciting opportunity to create something fresh and at the same time useful. In this post I’ll take you through some of the directions we’re looking at right now and where we hope to eventually go. At this stage ...

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