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Design and Web team summary – 19 December 2018

by Anthony Dillon on 19 December 2018

How to manage your Git history: Tips for keeping your commits tidy

by Robin Winslow on 12 December 2018

Opera launches as a Snap for Linux users

by Canonical on 2 August 2018

A seachange in front-end best practice (but not for a while)

by Robin Winslow on 11 March 2015

Despite some reservations, it looks like HTTP/2 is very definitely the future of the Internet. Speed improvements HTTP/2 may not be the perfect standard, but...

Latest from the web team — September 2013

by Inayaili de León Persson on 26 September 2013

We might have been quiet, but we have been busy! Here’s a quick overview of what the web team has been up to recently. In the past month we’ve worked on: New...

Designing the new Ubuntu for phone pages

by Inayaili de León Persson on 3 January 2013

As you’ve probably seen, Canonical has just announced Ubuntu on phones. We’re all very excited about it, especially since so many of us have been working hard...

A fresh-looking Design Blog

by Inayaili de León Persson on 30 October 2012

It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally done it: the Design Blog has a new look! Let me take you through the main aspects we wanted to improve on. Why...

Ubuntu Brand Guidelines get their own site

by Inayaili de León Persson on 27 January 2012

If you’ve ever had to create Ubuntu or Canonical related design materials, chances are you had a look at the Brand Guidelines, which, until now, have only...

Some guidelines for warm grey text on the web

by Inayaili de León Persson on 26 January 2012

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...

“When Humans make stuff, we tend to make interesting things.”

by Canonical on 2 November 2011

Last night I watched “Press Pause Play” which in it’s own words is a film about fear, hope and digital culture. If you’ve not heard the talk surrounding the...

Thanks a billion! Ubuntu on Google Webfonts

by Canonical on 16 October 2011

Kudos to everyone using the Ubuntu Font Family on their websites as a web font! This week the total to date reached over one billion requests—and it’ll go up...