--- title: Weather & Clock app visual exploration description: Thank you for all your positive feedback after our first blog post. We are very excited and are continuing with the designs, here’s a quick update on how we’re getting on. During the last few weeks we have been looking at the development of the weather and clock apps. We are also looking at set […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/35908?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 1 May 2013 # Weather & Clock app visual exploration [app design](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/app-design) [Design](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/design) --- Share the article Thank you for all your positive feedback after our first blog post. We are very excited and are continuing with the designs, here’s a quick update on how we’re getting on. During the last few weeks we have been looking at the development of the weather and clock apps. We are also looking at set of gradients that could specify a range of weather conditions. Here’s the how > A linear colour gradient is specified by two points, and a colour at each point. The colours along the line through those points are calculated using linear interpolation, then extended perpendicular to that line. \* wikipedia.org This is great way to describe temperature and how it changes over 24 hours. The second part of developing these apps was to create a set of graphic assets that could support the weather icons as well as the clock face. Using entirely white mono assets was obvious to contrast with the colourful changing backgrounds. But we quickly realized that the graphic style of our icons used as indicators or toolbar actions did not fit well for those assets. The weather icons, for example, looked a bit too heavy while we wanted something more zen and simple to blend nicely with the minimalistic and elegant design of the apps. We replaced the solid fills with thin outlines and add some roundness to the end of the strokes. The weather icons have become playful but graceful, while keeping their plain but not to simplistic in the look and feel. The clock faces are designed following to the same principles. With great results? You be the judge 😉 [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Challenges designers face in open source (and how to fix them)](https://canonical.com/blog/challenges-designers-face-in-open-source-and-how-to-fix-them) Open source powers up to 90% of modern software, yet many projects lack usability. Canonical’s Design team surveyed 115 cross-functional professionals to uncover the 4 core... [Kola Ojoodide](https://canonical.com/blog/author/kola-ojoodide) 26 June 2026 [### Why web engineering is great](https://canonical.com/blog/why-web-engineering-is-great) Hi, I’m Johann! I’m an engineering manager in Canonical’s web team. For the larger part of my 15 years of work experience as engineer, I’ve been working in web development.... [Johann Wolf](https://canonical.com/blog/author/johannwolf) 27 April 2026 [### Canonical’s recipe for High Performance Computing](https://canonical.com/blog/canonicals-recipe-for-high-performance-computing) In essence, High Performance Computing (HPC) is quite simple. Speed and scale. In practice, the concept is quite complex and hard to achieve. It is not dissimilar to what... [Igor Ljubuncic](https://canonical.com/blog/author/igorljubuncic) 24 January 2024 [### Web team – hack week 2023](https://canonical.com/blog/web-team-hack-week-2023) Today, around 96% of software projects utilize open source in some way. The web team here at Canonical is passionate about Open source. We lead with an open-by-default approach... [Anthony Dillon](https://canonical.com/blog/author/ya-bo-ng) 25 October 2023