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on 12 February 2014

App Design Clinic #8


This week we dedicated the short clinic to sizing, and ensuring widgets and items are usable (touchable).

We covered…

  • The Ubuntu grid unit – for more information, see http://developer.ubuntu.com/api/qml/sdk-1.0/UbuntuUserInterfaceToolkit.resolution-independence/)
  • Minimum touch target size – 4×4 gu
  • A sneak preview of the updated widgets coming to Ubuntu Touch

If you missed it, or want to watch it again, here it is:

 

 

The next App Design Clinic will on Wednesday 26th February. Please send your questions and screenshots to design@canonical.com by 1pm UTC on Tuesdays to be included in the following Wednesday clinic.

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