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Multi-touch Support Lands in Maverick
By Canonical, 16 August 2010
Canonical is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu’s multi-touch and gesture stack. With Ubuntu 10.10 (the Maverick Meerkat), users and developers will...
Gestures with multitouch in Ubuntu 10.10
By Mark Shuttleworth, 16 August 2010
Gestures are a powerful interaction language that will be as relevant for desktops as it is on phones and tablets. Ubuntu 10.10 has a gesture framework that...
Gone for a walk?!
By Canonical, 16 August 2010
My new friend has gone missing! Have you seen Rick?
This week in design – 13 August 2010
By Canonical, 13 August 2010
It’s Friday the 13th! Thankfully it’s past midday so safe to write this post. We’ve had a busy week although it’s been a bit quiet as people have been away on...
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....
This week in design – 30 July 2010
By Canonical, 30 July 2010
This week we’ve been to GUADEC, researched Shotwell and released an update to the new font! And it’s nearly the end of July?! When did that happen?!