Martin posts on his blog: We’re trying to improve the icons we have in Launchpad so they’re more usable across different cultures and types of users, and our first step is to do some user testing on our current icons. The Canonical User Experience team has set up a …
Launchpad’s Code Hosting service (code.launchpad.net and all Bazaar access) will be offline from 10:00am-10:30am UTC, Thursday, 1 October 2009. Sorry for the short notice; we need to do some unexpected hardware maintenance. Going offline: 10am UTC, 1 Oct 2009 Expected back: …
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The Soyuz team was very, very busy over the last year fixing lots of bugs and adding plenty of new features. These are the highlights that I’d like to mention! New features Multiple PPAs per person — split your packages into different repositories without the hassle of …
Launchpad 3.0 is a major milestone for Translations. Along with many small improvements across the board, here are the highlights. Improved UI and navigation Along with the rest of Launchpad, Translations has switched to the new and stream-lined 3.0 layout. However, that’s …
Launchpad 3.0’s most noticeable feature is a new user interface. Martin Albisetti led the development of that new interface, so I asked him how the work had gone. Matthew: What problem were you and the rest of the Launchpad team trying to solve with this UI redesign? …
The Launchpad team is proud to announce the release of Launchpad 3.0! Highlights in this release include: a new clearer web interface with in-line editing personal translation dashboards: see what needs your attention automatically updated diffs during code reviews. Let’s …
Bjorn Tillenius recently took the role of Launchpad Technical Architect. That, and the release of Launchpad 3.0, seemed like a good opportunity to learn a bit more about his new role. Matthew: You’ve just taken a new role in the Launchpad team of Launchpad Technical …
Launchpad’s web interface will be read-only for around one hour from 22.00 UTC on Wednesday the 23rd September. During that time package uploads and code hosting will be offline. Going read-only: 22.00 UTC 23rd September 2009 Expected back: 23.00 UTC 23rd September 2009. …
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This is a last call for user experience data with Launchpad’s “Mentoring” feature for bugs and blueprints. We’ve seen only limited usage of this feature, and haven’t gotten much positive feedback on it. Right now, it’s dropped from our 3.0 …
Image no longer available Xibo is a free software signage system. I asked its lead developers, Alex Harrington and Dan Garner, about the project. Matthew: So, does Xibo power the sorts of display we see in train stations and airports? Alex and Dan: Yes, and in shops, post …