Web engineering and design team
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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.
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Three main types of user behaviour found in ubuntu.com testing
by Canonical on 23 March 2013
Understanding user behaviour through user research is an integral part of our design process. In the last ubuntu.com website testing, some insights surfaced...
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App patterns applied: clock key journeys
by Canonical on 22 March 2013
Moving forward with the design of the core apps, we’ve been working on the interaction details of the clock for a while now, building on these...
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13.04 wallpapers submitted
by Canonical on 19 March 2013
The community team for wallpaper selection got together last week #1304wallpaper on Freenode and between us we’ve determined that we’d like to submit the...
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App patterns explained : navigation
by Canonical on 13 March 2013
When we design an app, we consider the different types of information we are communicating and their relationships to one another. This helps us establish...
Ubuntu
13.04 Shortlist in progress
by Canonical on 12 March 2013
13.04 Shortlist in progress, a gallery on Flickr. A quick update, the previous contributors and I are putting together the finishing touches to what we hope...
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App patterns applied: calculator key journeys
by Canonical on 7 March 2013
A few weeks ago we introduced key screens for our core utility app designs, and we’ve been sketching key journeys ever since to unpack these concepts further....
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App patterns applied : core utilities as rituals
by Canonical on 27 February 2013
We’ve been making great progress from both design and development on our four core utilities for Ubuntu on phones so, while we are iterating these concepts,...
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App patterns applied: calendar key journeys
by Canonical on 27 February 2013
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....
Ubuntu
App patterns explained: content views
by Canonical on 22 February 2013
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:...
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App patterns applied: core utilities for Ubuntu on phones
by Canonical on 15 February 2013
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...
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Ubuntu
Announcing the App Design Guides
by Canonical on 13 February 2013
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...