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Blog posts tagged
"Design"


Canonical
14 March 2010

Not that kind of bored

Ubuntu Design

Inspired by this brilliant picture and wee post over at the Panic Inc. blog I’ve not been able to shake the idea of making a similar status view for us to use when designing Ubuntu and related products. We’re always looking to enhance our processes and what I really like the idea of is creating ...


Canonical
12 March 2010

Love it from it’s Lucid ears to little Lucid toeses!

Ubuntu Design

I really can’t tell you how exciting a place to be Canonical towers is right now! Yes, it’s hard work keeping up with all the feedback from the community, we’re terrifyingly close to a release and have to deliver final and updated assets until the cows come home and YES it’s UDS in 8 weeks ...


Canonical
10 March 2010

Those pesky buttons

Ubuntu Design

Many of you have been asking for some correspondence regarding the button position in the window manager.Here it is.At Ubuntu we have a golden opportunity not only to make our OS as good as the competition but to make it better. The button position discussion and analysis started with:– Why do Mac OS and Windows ...


Canonical
9 March 2010

OS X Ubuntu USB Creator

Ubuntu Design

I’ve spent some time attempting to make a Cocoa that lets you burn an Ubuntu ISO to a USB memory stick on OS X.I think I’ve got as far as I’m gonna get with it now, sadly.How far I got…The UI is pretty conciseA USB stick gets detected when pl ...


Canonical
8 March 2010

Weekly design team picture

Ubuntu Design

Here’s a photo of Iain, design team project manager, edited to expose his love of colour: ...


Canonical
5 March 2010

New in Lucid…

Ubuntu Design

If you’re running lucid with the latest updates be sure to try click n’ drag the window from anywhere in the top dark area. In other words, the windeco and menubar are both dragable now. Thanks go to Cody Russell! ...


Canonical
5 March 2010

Making the computer work for YOU

Ubuntu Design

Yukihiro Matsumoto put it better than I ever could: Often people, especially computer engineers, focus on the machines. They think, “By doing this, the machine will run faster. By doing this, the machine will run more effectively. By doing this, ...


Canonical
4 March 2010

Reasons to celebrate: 4th March 2010

Ubuntu Design

My first year working for Canonical draws to a close with my team delivering a new identity for Ubuntu.I am very proud of the result and would like to thank them for all their hard work. I also want to thank Mark Shuttleworth and Jane Silber for setting out the challenge and for being part ...


Canonical
2 March 2010

Only 25 Paper Cuts left for Lucid!

Ubuntu Design

That’s right, we’ve fixed 75 paper cuts for Lucid already! We only need to fix 25 more to reach 100, but with many important freezes occurring over the next couple weeks we need to prioritize and focus.UI freeze comes this Thursday, March 4. This means that paper cuts involving user-facing changes (e.g. labels, menus, buttons) ...


Canonical
1 March 2010

Sunday night

Ubuntu Design

Just uploaded a pic to the Lucid wallpaper pool hoping it makes the cut. Also, I took a nifty pic of Michael last week. Turned out quite well considering the lighting. ...


Canonical
20 February 2010

Cat at the Lotus

Ubuntu Design

Cat at the Lotus Originally uploaded by kwwiiThis is a tale of weary over-worked designers, days spent toiling in the colour factory. Nights searching, yearning, I dare say for some of us, groping, for some magical libation, some flame, to lighten our ...


Canonical
19 February 2010

Amazing lunch at Canonical

Ubuntu Design

20100216-_DSC7110 Originally uploaded by kwwiiOtto’s friend Elsa has a catering service, WASHOKU we’ve used in the past but recently they went from good to excellent.She went to Japan and came back much the wiser 🙂 She and her partner brought in vari ...