--- title: Blog posts tagged "ux" description: Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries. url: https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ux?format=md --- # Blog posts tagged "ux" #### [UX Deep Dive: Classify interactions for a more intuitive user interface](https://canonical.com/blog/ux-deep-dive-classify-interactions-for-a-more-intuitive-user-interface) We try hard to make our products as intuitive and familiar as possible, but there will always be “advanced” options and rarely-used features. So how do we decide what order and prominence to give to these lesser-used features? --- Design #### [MasterClass: Concept design](https://canonical.com/blog/masterclass-concept-design) Concept design is the fundamental of interaction design and the deepest level of design decisions. A concept in this context is described as a bridge between the designer and the users, who will only be able to make effective use of the interface if they grasp the underlying intent of the concept that is designed. --- Design #### [The story of a feature: “View my invoices”](https://canonical.com/blog/ux-design-story-invoices-feature) In this blog post, I’ll do a deep dive into the process of designing a small feature on ubuntu.com – from the original need, right through the design phase until it’s handed over to engineering. It intends to give you a good high-level overview of how we do user experience (UX) design at Canonical on --- Design #### [Transcribing user interviews with Amazon Transcribe](https://canonical.com/blog/transcribing-user-interviews-with-amazon-transcribe) A quick ‘how to’ on using Amazon’s Transcribe service to turn user interview recordings into text-transcripts. --- Design #### [Ubuntu in the wild – 13th of April 2021](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-in-the-wild-06) The Ubuntu in the wild blog post ropes in the latest highlights about Ubuntu and Canonical around the world on a bi-weekly basis. --- Cloud and server #### [New starter Raul (UX designer) – “I want to challenge myself to do the most difficult things”](https://canonical.com/blog/new-starter-raul-ux-designer-i-want-to-challenge-myself-to-do-the-most-difficult-things) Meet the newest member of the design team, UX designer Raul Alvarez, who will be working on the Ubuntu convergence story. Raul will be bringing new ideas to improve our apps to allow for a seamless experience across all devices. We caught up with him to tell us more about his background and what attracted --- Company #### [Autopilot: benefits of early release](https://canonical.com/blog/autopilot-benefits-of-early-release) OpenStack is the leading open cloud platform, and Ubuntu is the world’s most popular operating system for OpenStack. Over the --- Cloud and server #### [Some guidelines for warm grey text on the web](https://canonical.com/blog/some-guidelines-for-warm-grey-text-on-the-web) Warm grey is one of the neutral colours from Ubuntu and Canonical’s colour palette. It has been added to the palette for balance, being a bridge between the vibrant orange and aubergine. The brand guidelines specify that warm grey (hex value: #AEA79F) can be used for: backgrounds, graphics, pictograms, dot patterns, charts and diagrams, a --- Company #### [Improving the Multi-Monitor Experience in Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/improving-the-multi-monitor-experience-in-ubuntu) Over the past few months we have been working on improving the multi-monitor experience in Ubuntu. We took the opportunity at UDS in November to get some feedback on a prototype, which shows how we are planning to develop the multi-monitor experience over the next few cycles: Here is a short video of the prototype --- Company #### [Participate in research](https://canonical.com/blog/participate-in-research) Are you a developer or systems administrator that uses Ubuntu at work and/or at home?We’re looking for people who might be available to help us on a current research project in London on the 3rd and 10th December. If this sounds like you please get in touch. --- Company #### [Announcing the User Experience Advocates Project](https://canonical.com/blog/announcing-the-user-experience-advocates-project) After working on paper cuts for a year, I realized how disorganized many open source projects affecting Ubuntu are when it comes to improving user experience. I would often go to upstream projects with a list of paper cuts to discuss and have a very difficult time finding someone to discuss them with. Either the --- Company #### [Distributed user testing of archive behavior in Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/distributed-user-testing-of-archive-behavior-in-ubuntu) In response to two paper cuts, “Have the file-roller automatically extract an archive on double click” and “‘Archive Manager’ doesn’t mean anything if you don’t know what an ‘archive’ is”, the Canonical Design Team devised a user test of archive behavior in Ubuntu, and we’re inviting the community to help administer the test and collect --- Company