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222 posts from 2010

Finding the Ubuntu font design

By Canonical, 13 August 2010

In our second post from Dalton Maag we get an insight into the origin of our very own Ubuntu font.

My new friend

By Canonical, 13 August 2010

Very kindly donated to me by Ale on the design team here at Canonical. Maverick, Rick for short, sits proudly on my desk. He joins the lovely plush Lynx from...

How are your users feeling? Example from Rhythmbox

By Canonical, 11 August 2010

When conducting and writing up user research findings, I make a point of defining the experience goals alongside participant’s actual real life goals.  This...

The first milestone

By Canonical, 10 August 2010

As work on the font continues we thought it would be good to get some insight from the people working on developing it. In the first of these posts, Bruno...

Why would you give your music away for free?

By Canonical, 9 August 2010

Photo (cc) Matt McGeeYou’re an up and coming band. You’re gonna get signed soon. You’ll get played on the radio. You’ll tour the world. You’re gonna teach...

60 and still going strong!

By Canonical, 9 August 2010

We hit another important milestone today! Find out what pesky papercuts have been resolved!

An Update to the Ubuntu Light Themes

By Canonical, 9 August 2010

One of our key objectives when we started conceptualising the new themes was their ability to be immediately recognisable as Ubuntu, even if represented as a...

This week in design – 6 August 2010

By Canonical, 6 August 2010

The latest in news from the design team and our work on fonts, research, exciting visions of the future of our favourite desktop and a chance for YOU to get...

Font Friday

By Canonical, 6 August 2010

It’s Font Friday – read all about it!

Making room in the sound indicator

By Mark Shuttleworth, 4 August 2010

Showing a few mockups of track data overlayed on album art in the new sound menu in Maverick Meerkat, 10.10.

Ubuntu Needs a New Sound Theme

By Canonical, 2 August 2010

After the success of the wallpaper competition, and with theFree Culture Showcase’s growing momentum, we are turning our attention to Ubuntu’s sound theme....