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Blog posts tagged
"Design"

Canonical
15 May 2014

The browser is dead. Long live the browser!

Ubuntu User Experience

With the unstoppable rise of mobile apps, some pundits within the tech industry have hastily demoted the mobile web to a second-class citizen, or even dismissed it as ‘dead’. Who cares about websites and webapps when you can deliver a superior user experience with a native app? Well, we care because the reality is a ...

Alejandra Obregon
9 May 2014

What happens in Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas…

Ubuntu User Experience

Last week a few of us flew to Las Vegas for a Juju sprint at the world-famous Flamingo casino (where Hunter S. Thompson stayed in Fear and Loathing). It was the first time in Las Vegas for most of us so we weren’t quite sure what to expect… And while there were plenty of distractions ...

Tom Macfarlane
1 May 2014

New DVD design for 14.04 LTS

Ubuntu Featured

The new DVD designs feature: Desktop Edition – 14.04 wallpaper – Modified design of the folded paper numerals Server Edition – An integrated, 14 module graphic Trusty Tahr – hidden reveal within the DVD pocket Design exploration – folded paper numerals Design exploration – graphic numerals Alternative Desktop Edition concepts Alternative ...

Inayaili de León Persson
24 April 2014

Latest from the web team — April 2014

Ubuntu Notes

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is out and it’s great! The period after release tends to be slightly less hectic than the lead up to it, but that doesn’t mean that the web team is not as busy as ever. In the last few weeks we’ve worked on: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS release: we’ve published the latest updates ...

Inayaili de León Persson
2 April 2014

Making ubuntu.com responsive: lessons learned (5)

Ubuntu Featured

This post is part of the series ‘Making ubuntu.com responsive‘. At this point in time, once the pilot projects were either completed or underway, we had already: Created an initial responsive prototype of our main site, based on some common-sense rules Started our first mobile-first and responsive project from scratch Created and launched ...

Mark Shuttleworth
31 March 2014

#10 Ubuntu is built on IAAS for IAAS users

Ubuntu User Experience

Ubuntu is famous for “making things easy”. That’s just as important on the cloud as it is in consumer devices, and we bring the same user-centric design to command-line driven core OS environments on the cloud that drives our desktop, tablet and phone development. The result is a lightweight, clean and fast platform for developers and dev ...

Inayaili de León Persson
27 March 2014

Latest from the web team — March 2014

Cloud and server Notes

Spring has officially (but not technically…) arrived, and we’re getting busier and busier in preparation for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS release next month. In the last few weeks we’ve worked on: Ubuntu Resources: we’ve just launched a new version of the site Ubuntu.com: we’ve launched a localised Chinese homepage that highlights Ubuntu Kylin Juju G ...

Inayaili de León Persson
27 March 2014

Ubuntu Resources — beta 2!

Ubuntu Featured

A new version of the Ubuntu Resources site is now live, with many tweaks and layout improvements targeted mainly at visitors using medium-sized screens, such as tablets. Ubuntu Resources homepage viewed on a Kindle Fire HD Filtered search If you search for a specific term, you can now filter the search results by topic (such ...

Inayaili de León Persson
18 March 2014

Making ubuntu.com responsive: making the rules a reality (3)

Ubuntu Featured

This post is part of the series ‘Making ubuntu.com responsive‘. The rules document we drafted proved a useful and good guide for those few development days, and a proof of concept was created and presented to the rest of the team. When we all sat down to review the result, a few things were clear: ...

Inayaili de León Persson
18 March 2014

Making ubuntu.com responsive: pilot projects (4)

Ubuntu Featured

This post is part of the series ‘Making ubuntu.com responsive‘. Making www.ubuntu.com responsive has been an ongoing goal of ours for a while, and we’ve been discussing and preparing for it for over a year. However, the rest of the world doesn’t wait, and the work doesn’t stop coming in! We knew that a couple ...

Inayaili de León Persson
17 March 2014

Making ubuntu.com responsive: setting the rules (2)

Ubuntu Featured

This post is part of the series ‘Making ubuntu.com responsive‘. The front end framework that powers www.ubuntu.com represents the visual evolution of the site over the past few years: designs have become cleaner, lighter and more open. It was designed without responsiveness in mind, but it has proven flexible, robust and great for our nee ...

Inayaili de León Persson
17 March 2014

Making ubuntu.com responsive: intro (1)

Ubuntu Featured

We’ve known for a while it was time to convert our main site, www.ubuntu.com, into a responsive site, and we’re now nearing the end of the project! The main www.ubuntu.com site receives millions of visitors every month and it holds information on the variety of Ubuntu products and services, allowing people to download Ubuntu, get ...

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