Blog posts tagged
"recent work"

11 posts

Carla Berkers
24 May 2016

Autopilot: benefits of early release

User Experience Cloud and server

OpenStack is the leading open cloud platform, and Ubuntu is the world’s most popular operating system for OpenStack. Over the

Carla Berkers
24 May 2016

Robin Winslow
28 August 2014

Saving ubuntu.com on download day: Caching location specific pages

Featured Ubuntu

On release day we can get up to 8,000 requests a second to ubuntu.com from people trying to download the new release. In fact, last October (13.10) was the first release day in a long time that the site didn’t crash under the load at some point during the day (huge credit to the infrastructure

Robin Winslow
28 August 2014

Canonical
2 July 2013

Unlocking the phone

User Experience Ubuntu

Edges are special to us. We use them for finding apps, tools and system services, so using the edges will be second nature to Ubuntu phone users. By using the launcher, how to launch your favourite app will become ingrained in your muscle memory of the left edge. The design vision behind Ubuntu for phones includes

Canonical
2 July 2013

Anthony Dillon
9 August 2012

Ubuntu Online Tour

Development Cloud and server

We realise that changing Operating System (OS) is a big thing for anyone thinking of testing something out. That becomes a huge barrier for people trying out Ubuntu for the first time and seeing if they like it. As a member of the web team I decided to take on the challenge as a cool

Anthony Dillon
9 August 2012

Canonical
16 March 2012

Task switching in Ubuntu, and a introduction to ‘The Spread’

Design Ubuntu

Introduction to task switching A key part of any operating system user interface is how it enables the user to switch between multiple tasks. In most desktop operating systems tasks are encapsulated into windows, and the most frequently used method of multi-tasking is window switching. Desktop OSs have multiple methods...

Canonical
16 March 2012

Canonical
2 March 2012

About Usability Testing – Recruiting

Article Ubuntu

Every three months, I conduct benchmark usability testing.  I’m calling these tests ‘benchmark testing’ because the aim of these sessions is to measure our progress towards achieving a great user experience with Ubuntu.  Last testing took place in October 2011.  I am now preparing for testing 12.04 to take place a...

Canonical
2 March 2012

Canonical
2 March 2012

Testing, testing, testing. It prints!

Article Ubuntu

Back in 2008 Nick Ellery noticed that the default printer test page used more ink that it really needed to: Bug #298935 (“test print uses far too much ink”). Millions and millions of these pages get printed every year, so any saving in ink will be amplified. In addition, it still had the pre-2010 Ubuntu

Canonical
2 March 2012

Canonical
6 January 2012

Launcher Reveal Prototype

Design Cloud and server

For the multi-monitor design project, we have been making use of prototypes to develop and test some of the finer interactions of the system. One such crucial element is the reveal of the Launcher, particularly as we are exploring having a Launcher on each display. The motivation for making the Launcher available from...

Canonical
6 January 2012

Canonical
20 December 2011

Improving the Multi-Monitor Experience in Ubuntu

Design 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

Canonical
20 December 2011

Marcus Haslam
3 November 2011

Juju: a logo with a story

Design Ubuntu

Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote this week at the Ubuntu Developer Summit includes introducing Juju, including a big slide showing off the new Juju logo. Below is the story of how that logo it came into being. The Juju project is done. We asked the Juju community to help, and out of out of love for the

Marcus Haslam
3 November 2011

Canonical
15 August 2011

Ubuntu Arabic, in print!

Research Ubuntu

A beta of Ubuntu Font Family Arabic, in print as part of the testing and debugging process for the Arabic coverage.The magazine is an intriguing tri-lingual production published by the Cultural Office of Saudi Arabia in Germany … German and English articles using Latin script at one cover and Arabic from the other.

Canonical
15 August 2011