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Canonical
12 May 2010

Opinions. Have them.

Ubuntu Design

Typography from Ronnie Bruce on Vimeo. ...

Canonical
10 May 2010

So long already? Nah! :)

Ubuntu Design

Today saw the start of the Ubuntu Developer Summit for our next release Maverick Meerkat. This sentiment on the final slide of Mark’s presentation will hopefully be the way that we bid a fond farewell to at the end of this insane week and I may well be motivated to blog about the craziness that ...

Canonical
10 May 2010

Hello, Unity

Ubuntu Design

This is an early version of Unity, what will hopefully become the new interface for Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10:Unity comprises:A launcher that makes opening and switching between applications delightful.A panel where indicators behave uniformly.A view of your installed applications, with Ubuntu Software Center integration.A view of your ...

Matthew Paul Thomas
6 May 2010

A unified menu bar for Ubuntu Netbook Edition

Ubuntu Notes

Using a single menu bar at the top of the screen, instead of separate menu bars inside each window, seems like a pretty simple change. But it’s more complex than it appears, and we’ll need lots of help. ...

Mark Shuttleworth
3 May 2010

Window indicators

Ubuntu Design

“Windicators” are window indicators, on the right of the title bar, which follow the same pattern as the Ayatana indicators that Ubuntu uses on in the panel. ...

Canonical
29 April 2010

Reasons to celebrate 29th April 2010

Ubuntu Design

One of the first things I did when I joined Canonical just over a year ago was conduct some user research. The idea was to identify some broad areas that needed to be addressed and so I devised sessions that included topics like dealing with music and photos, browsing the Internet, chatting with friends, etc. ...

Canonical
28 April 2010

Ubuntu visual identity

Ubuntu Design

Drum roll please….After a *lot* of amazing effort from the Canonical design team I am pleased to announce that preliminary Ubuntu visual identity is online and available to all!.If you’ve never worked through such a process before the amount of work ...

Canonical
27 April 2010

When it comes to social networking what are you? Door, Mirror, Room?

Ubuntu Notes

Everyone belongs to one, two or more social networking sites. At Canonical, we wondered “What does social networking mean to people?” I set off to find out.  I went to people’s homes, sat with them at their computers, looked at the social networking sites they belong to, at their friends, and observed them using the ...

Mark Shuttleworth
27 April 2010

A global menu for Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition

Ubuntu Design

The Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition will use a single consolidated menu, displayed in the panel, rather than individual menus in each application window. ...

Matthew Paul Thomas
23 April 2010

Refining the battery status menu

Ubuntu Notes

As part of the notification area transition, we’re adapting the Gnome Power Manager item to be a system status menu. We’re interested in your feedback on the design and any improvements we can make. ...

Canonical
23 April 2010

Magical Mystery Cafe

Ubuntu Design

There will be those of you reading this who will say “only in Japan” and ordinarily I would shy away from that sort of thing but in this case I think you’re right. Cabel Sasser is co-founder of a software company I’ve long admired and found a very interesting place to get a drink while ...

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