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Three main types of user behaviour found in ubuntu.com testing

Understanding user behaviour through user research is an integral part of our design process. In the last ubuntu.com website testing, some insights surfaced...

App patterns applied: clock key journeys

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...

Canonical and Chinese standards body announce Ubuntu collaboration

CSIP defines a new reference architecture for standard operating systems in China CSIP, Canonical and NUDT from the CCN Open Source Innovation Joint Lab to...

13.04 wallpapers submitted

  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...

App patterns explained : navigation

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...

13.04 Shortlist in progress

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...

Canonical and Dell expand joint PowerEdge Server engineering and support

Today we announced a collaborative support and engineering agreement with Dell.  As part of this agreement Canonical will add Dell 11G & 12G PowerEdge models...

Canonical announces certification and support for the latest Dell PowerEdge servers

Canonical today announced that it has signed a collaborative engineering agreement with Dell to support Ubuntu 12.04 LTS across the full range of Dell’s...


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App patterns applied: calculator key journeys

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....

App patterns applied : core utilities as rituals

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,...

App patterns applied: calendar key journeys

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 phone, tablet at Mobile World Congress

Ubuntu Phone OS integrates with Orange and Deutsche Telekom in GSMA OneAPI initiative Mobile World Congress kicks off today and we’re gearing up to show off...

App patterns explained: content views

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:...

Ubuntu unveils tablet experience with multi-tasking

Unique ‘side stage’ multi-tasking puts phone and tablet apps on a single tablet screen Secure enterprise tablets with full disk encryption, multiple secure...

Dell’s Ubuntu based Developer laptop just got better

Dell announced today an updated XPS 13, preloaded with Ubuntu, which has a full high-definition 1080p display. It will be available for sale in the USA  and...

Ubuntu for smartphones grabs global headlines

An interview with Chris Kenyon, VP Sales and Marketing, and Sian Aherne, Media and Analyst Relations at Canonical.


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