Design
Cloud and server
Introducing the new Snapcraft branding
by Marcus Haslam on 26 March 2018
Early developments of the the Snapcraft brand mark If you’re a regular visitor to Snapcraft.io or any of its associated sites, you will have noticed a change...
Cloud and server
Accessing the Juju CLI from within the GUI
by Madison Scott-Clary (Makyo) on 3 January 2018
In the Juju GUI 2.11.1 release, we are excited to bring a new feature we’ve been working on for a while now: the shell in the GUI. The GUI is a powerful tool,...
Ubuntu
Designing product page templates for myasnchisdf.eu.org
by Francesca Granato on 10 October 2017
During our user testing sessions on myasnchisdf.eu.org, we often receive feedback from users about content on the site (“I can’t find this”, “I’d like more of that”...
Ubuntu
Command-line usability: A terminal user’s thought process
by Robin Winslow on 8 September 2017
I’ve been thinking about the usability of command-line terminals a lot recently. Command-line interfaces remain mystifying to many people. Usability hobbyists...
Ubuntu
Webteam development summary
by Anthony Dillon on 6 September 2017
Iteration 6 dating between 14th to the 25th of August This iteration saw a lot of work on tutorials.myasnchisdf.eu.org and on the migration of design.myasnchisdf.eu.org from...
Ubuntu
Cookie notification component
by Anthony Dillon on 22 August 2017
We’ve all seen the annoying cookie notification which website owners are legally obliged to include on their sites. We can’t avoid them, so let’s have some...
Ubuntu
Vanilla Framework has a new website
by Inayaili de León Persson on 14 August 2017
We’re happy to announce the long overdue Vanilla Framework website, where you can find all the relevant links and resources needed to start using Vanilla. ...
Ubuntu
Simplifying local development: The ./run executable
by Robin Winslow on 5 July 2017
Canonical’s webteam manage over 18 websites as well as many supporting projects and frameworks. These projects are built with any combination of Python, Ruby,...
Ubuntu
Designing build.snapcraft.io
by Matthew Paul Thomas on 3 July 2017
Many open-source software developers use GitHub. Let’s make it as easy as possible for them to build and release their code automatically.
Ubuntu
June’s reading list
by Inayaili de León Persson on 3 July 2017
Here are the best links shared by the design team in June 2017: How I Create Talks Technical Speaker Starter Kit 4 Things I Know About Pattern Libraries The...
Ubuntu
May’s reading list
by Inayaili de León Persson on 1 June 2017
Here are the best links shared by the design team in May 2017: Introducing a faster BBC News front page Brick Block Create storyboards for your animations...
Ubuntu
Our open source websites
by Robin Winslow on 31 May 2017
Nowadays free software is everywhere – from browsers to encryption software to operating systems. Even so, it is still relatively rare for the code behind...