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Canonical
25 July 2014

Bringing fluid motion to browsing

Ubuntu User Experience

In the previous Blog Post, we looked at how we use the Recency principle to redesign the experience around bookmarks, tabs and history. In this blog post, we look at how the new Ubuntu Browser makes the UI fade to the background in favour of the content. The design focuses on physical impulse familiarity – ...

Tom Macfarlane
4 July 2014

Mobile Asia Expo 2014

Ubuntu Featured

Following the success of our new stand design at MWC earlier this year, we applied the same design principles to the Ubuntu stand at last month’s Mobile Asia Expo in Shanghai. With increased floor space, compared to last year, and a new stand location that was approachable from three key directions, we were faced with a few new design cha ...

Inayaili de León Persson
19 June 2014

Latest from the web team — June 2014

Ubuntu Notes

We’re now almost half way through the year and only a few days until summer officially starts here in the UK! In the last few weeks we’ve worked on: Responsive ubuntu.com: we’ve finished publishing the series on making ubuntu.com responsive on the design blog Ubuntu.com: we’ve released a hub for our legal documents and information, ...

Inayaili de León Persson
18 June 2014

Making ubuntu.com responsive: final thoughts

Ubuntu Featured

This post is part of the series ‘Making ubuntu.com responsive‘. There are several resources out there on how to create responsive websites, but they tend to go through the process in an ideal scenario, where the project starts with a blank slate, from scratch. That’s why we thought it would be nice to share the ...

Inayaili de León Persson
18 June 2014

Making ubuntu.com responsive: testing on multiple devices (15)

Ubuntu Featured

This post is part of the series ‘Making ubuntu.com responsive‘. When working on a responsive project you’ll have to test on multiple operating systems, browsers and devices, whether you’re using emulators or the real deal. Testing on the actual devices is preferable — it’s hard to emulate the feel of a device in your hand ...

Anthony Dillon
17 June 2014

Making ubuntu.com responsive: JavaScript considerations (14)

Ubuntu Featured

This post is part of the series ‘Making ubuntu.com responsive‘. The JavaScript used on ubuntu.com is very light. We limit its use to small functional elements of the web style guide, which act to enhance the user experience but are never required to deliver the content the user is there to consume. At Canonical we ...

Anthony Dillon
13 June 2014

Making ubuntu.com responsive: ensuring performance (13)

Ubuntu Featured

This post is part of the series ‘Making ubuntu.com responsive‘. Performance has always been one of the top priorities when it came to building the responsive ubuntu.com. We started with a list of performance snags and worked to improve each one as much as possible in the time we had. Here is a quick run ...

Anthony Dillon
12 June 2014

Making ubuntu.com responsive: our Sass architecture (12)

Ubuntu Featured

This post is part of the series ‘Making ubuntu.com responsive‘. When working to make the current web style guide responsive, we made some large updates to the core Sass. We decided to update the file and folder structure of our styles. I love reading about other people or organisations Sass architectures, so I thought it ...

Inayaili de León Persson
11 June 2014

Making ubuntu.com responsive: updating font sizes and increasing readability (11)

Ubuntu Featured

This post is part of the series ‘Making ubuntu.com responsive‘. All our designs are created using the Ubuntu font, and the websites are not exception. Ubuntu.com was already using a carefully refined and tested typographic scale that we have evolved over the years. Early in the project, we had decided that the large screen view ...

Canonical
10 June 2014

Malta Sprint

Ubuntu User Experience

Our Apps and Platform teams took part at a design/engineering sprint on the beautiful island of Malta in May, and we thought we would share some pics to show a peek into “behing the scenes” and people working on the apps and operating system. The sprint itself was a great experience, with over 150 people, engineers and ...

Canonical
9 June 2014

Cueing up users

Ubuntu Featured

The bottom edge swipe gesture is simple and accessible for users, so it’s strategic for application developers. By giving instant access to the most needed settings, controls, and views through the bottom edge, app developers have a powerful tool for crafting more useful and usable experiences. In earlier postings we’ve talked about how t ...

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