<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Design]]></title><description><![CDATA[Discuss the user experience or design of Ubuntu Touch or its apps]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/category/40</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 00:25:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forums.ubports.com/category/40.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 09:38:24 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[i wanna replace content hub with &quot;workspace&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[@projectmoon yes this is what im talking about thank you i will add to the list
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/12242/i-wanna-replace-content-hub-with-workspace</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/12242/i-wanna-replace-content-hub-with-workspace</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[developerbayman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 09:38:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Battery saving&#x2F;Low Power mode within OS discussions?]]></title><description><![CDATA[@projectmoon As I understand it apps work like that currently in UT? You can use UT Tweak Tool to have apps ignore this.
Experiments you mention may vary from device to device based on the silicon which is fine if your OS is only targeted to one processor for example.
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/12184/battery-saving-low-power-mode-within-os-discussions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/12184/battery-saving-low-power-mode-within-os-discussions</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[sixwheeledbeast]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 10:38:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions specific to gestures...&quot;back&quot;]]></title><description><![CDATA[@danfro is significative that users only have issues with the app back button, but not with any other ones that are in the same position (menu in TELEports for example).
The camera issue that you are could be solved with the proposition I did for the terrible design that is the notch thing. But I can't be sure as I don't know the model.
Here also comes handy to be able to use the device upside down like the Poco.
Also, let's remember that UT is not thought for mobiles, but for all devices.
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/12081/questions-specific-to-gestures...-back</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/12081/questions-specific-to-gestures...-back</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[CiberSheep]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 23:27:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[USB parameters on headband ?]]></title><description><![CDATA[@DJac
there is still no question for the Q&amp;A of today so this is your chance for the limelight 
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/12034/usb-parameters-on-headband</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/12034/usb-parameters-on-headband</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[gpatel-fr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 22:25:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ubuntu touch logo (SVG)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've put the logo on the french version of wikipedia, It can be reused for other languages:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Touch
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/12017/ubuntu-touch-logo-svg</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/12017/ubuntu-touch-logo-svg</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[pparent]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:59:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[USB file transfer mode]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi @ezst036
To clarify what everyone is saying, you have to swipe out the lock screen if you don't have any code set.
It's still necessary to unlock the phone. It just doesn't mean what you think it means.
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10973/usb-file-transfer-mode</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10973/usb-file-transfer-mode</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[AppLee]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2025 17:16:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lock Screen + Home Screen Different Wallpaper Feature]]></title><description><![CDATA[@arubislander Thanks for the reply and all the the best for UT developers for an outstanding efforts.
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10613/lock-screen-home-screen-different-wallpaper-feature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10613/lock-screen-home-screen-different-wallpaper-feature</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Salah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 06:57:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[New websites]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi @Capsia ,
Thanks to you and any others for the excellent work on the websites!
I hope this is an ok topic to post this in. I didn't find much else pertaining to website discussion.
(TL;DR - I'm suggesting a Donate button next to porter/maintainer names on each Devices page of the website.)
Recently I tried to donate to my device's porter, and found it hard to find how to do so. I tracked down his Paypal eventually, but it took some searching, and it might not be possible to find some porters.
I thought if there were a Donate button on the website, similar to how there's an option on the OpenStore to donate to the app's developer, it might both remind people to donate, and make it easier to do so.
I asked about this idea on Q&amp;A #157 and Alfred and AppLee were both favourable toward it.
But of course this requires work, and I have no skills with websites. I imagine it would require reworking the Contributors section on the Devices pages, and enabling an optional donate button next to the names of any contributors who'd like donations and who provide a link to their patreon/libera/whatever.
It would get more complicated when there are many developers and maintainers. Who will the user donate to? Each of them? And is it weird if some of them request donations and others don't?
But to me, it's still better to have the option, even if there are complications.
Anyway, sorry to be making a suggestion with no way to help bring it about. But I wanted to float the idea out there, to keep our porters supported!
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10108/new-websites</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10108/new-websites</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[wally]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 17:46:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phone and Tablet Models for ubuntu touch]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi,
I have added the nothing phone 1 "artwork" in gitlab project
This image is licensed under "Creative Commons License".
You are free to use it as per the terms of this license
[image: 1774722151462-nothingphone1.png]
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10106/phone-and-tablet-models-for-ubuntu-touch</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10106/phone-and-tablet-models-for-ubuntu-touch</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lga]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2024 12:34:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[One pixel space in some apps on phone]]></title><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/9839/one-pixel-space-in-some-apps-on-phone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/9839/one-pixel-space-in-some-apps-on-phone</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 07:16:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bluetooth UI&#x2F;Implementation Improvements (suggestions&#x2F;thoughts)]]></title><description><![CDATA[@PhoenixLandPirat The system app items seems to be the most doable  The indicator ones would be nice to. Not sure how to do that now since we use Ayatana upstream if I am not mistaken.
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/9717/bluetooth-ui-implementation-improvements-suggestions-thoughts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/9717/bluetooth-ui-implementation-improvements-suggestions-thoughts</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[kugiigi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2024 15:48:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[new design of login pin screens]]></title><description><![CDATA[@nibzy26 You'll have to change your lock security option to Passcode from the settings too
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/9439/new-design-of-login-pin-screens</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/9439/new-design-of-login-pin-screens</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[kugiigi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2023 12:25:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Busy, crowded app overview; Can Ubuntu Touch be converted to an iPhone interface?]]></title><description><![CDATA[@AppLee said in Busy, crowded app overview; Can Ubuntu Touch be converted to an iPhone interface?:

@Cycle-Maniac said in Busy, crowded app overview; Can Ubuntu Touch be converted to an iPhone interface?:

I am definitely not an Apple fanboy. But as nice and intuitive as iOS (and macOS) work; It really is unbeatable.

Sorry to disagree, but I think you've mistaken intuitive and "used to". :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
Because never in a thousand years would I have figured about a diagonal draw...
UI design of a smartphone is not just about "graphical design", you also have to deal with technical constraints (that can be overcome with time and money) and mostly subjectivity.
Everyone is different and everyone find great things in both iOS and Android, but no one has not a complaint and wish something was different or more like X or Y.
Having the drawer less crowded means less apps visible at a glance hence scrolling or typing action.
I thin @kugiigi is right about masking the launcher when the drawer is expended but the transition might be weird...
I thing if the drawer had the same spacing between icons you might feel it is a bit more calming and pleasing (I feel it could be an answer to your issue) but many will probably say that before they had all their favorite apps right there and now they have to scroll...
So really not a simple question.
If you come up with a mockup and if someone is willing to try and implement it, I guess we can have a poll and decide to mainstream it or make it available to tweak this out.

Exactly! I love intuitive designs too and I too am a normal user (and 31 years old, so not an old geezer!), but iOS is not intuitive for me (and Android is even worse). Ubuntu Touch is way more intuitive to me, including the app drawer. I love the app drawer and launcher so much as they currently are, so please don't change that! Or if it's changed, at least provide an option to keep the current workflow for people like me.
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/9209/busy-crowded-app-overview-can-ubuntu-touch-be-converted-to-an-iphone-interface</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/9209/busy-crowded-app-overview-can-ubuntu-touch-be-converted-to-an-iphone-interface</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vistaus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2023 15:49:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call and message icons]]></title><description><![CDATA[@Josele13 said in Call and message icons:

maybe add in notifications the possibility of disconnecting the numbers in the icons.

That sounds like a good suggestion to me.
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/8945/call-and-message-icons</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/8945/call-and-message-icons</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Moem]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2023 10:55:14 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lomiri: new light theme?]]></title><description><![CDATA[@ManuelBoe said in Lomiri: new light theme?:

Is there a new shell theme for Lomiri?
The screenshots for PocketVM show Lomiri with a light theme.
[image: pvms.me.fredl-screenshot-ae62f0b0-758c-4432-a355-3a0a4f28f155.png]
https://open-store.io/app/pvms.me.fredl

Looks good. I would like this for my HP elite 2 in 1. got a RedHat installed on it. Because you have acquired like Cannonical at Microsoft licenses for the bootloader. Let's see if that links me as well.
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/8796/lomiri-new-light-theme</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/8796/lomiri-new-light-theme</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[carrabelloy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:03:43 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pin code removal of 4 digits limitation]]></title><description><![CDATA[I love this idea. Im very used to 6 diget codes nowadays so id love this to come to ubuntu touch.
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/8460/pin-code-removal-of-4-digits-limitation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/8460/pin-code-removal-of-4-digits-limitation</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[crumpets]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2022 08:30:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lomiri suggestion]]></title><description><![CDATA[To be more specific, lets call it an idea from the perspective of a passionated user.
I just wanted to describe what i personally want from a mobile device. Since ubuntu touch is already based around the sidebar, one might think it could be well suited for this idea. But maybe i am the only one impressed by this.
I think i got the part with the top-left-os. That sounds  not as easy as adding 2 lines of code.
Btw i planning to invest in a new device. On top of the list are the poco x3 pro for its screen refresh rate and the galaxy s10e for its size and build quality. For now it seems more convinient to choose the later for reaching over to the left side.
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7941/lomiri-suggestion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7941/lomiri-suggestion</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fungie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cell Broadcast: Looking for alert sounds proposition]]></title><description><![CDATA[No specific proposal, only on the principle of customizable sound alerts.
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7916/cell-broadcast-looking-for-alert-sounds-proposition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7916/cell-broadcast-looking-for-alert-sounds-proposition</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[domubpkm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 08:11:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cell Broadcast story - UI&#x2F;UX]]></title><description><![CDATA[@flohack In general I'd agree, but from my understanding CB is/was opt-in - one of the reasons we got an SMS based emergency alert system instead of using CB here. But I don't suspect a government project of doing proper research, so it wouldn't surprise me if the info in the documents was wrong 
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7794/cell-broadcast-story-ui-ux</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7794/cell-broadcast-story-ui-ux</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[klh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2022 12:24:08 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[UI question - alternative pincode prompt system setting integration]]></title><description><![CDATA[@kingu I'm sorry, but it is very difficult to understand what you are trying to explain here.
Can you try again with other words?
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7739/ui-question-alternative-pincode-prompt-system-setting-integration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7739/ui-question-alternative-pincode-prompt-system-setting-integration</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[CiberSheep]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 May 2022 10:14:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nightlight Filter]]></title><description><![CDATA[@moem I have some but limited knowledge about how ubuntu touch handles display output.  Im currently learning qml to create apps...
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7704/nightlight-filter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7704/nightlight-filter</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tobeoffline]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 03:03:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[change the ubuntu touch logo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yes it looks like it is "updated", and that is because
most modern things are soulless representations of their prior art.
Canonical rolled out yet another attempt at recreating itself.
It wants to sell you things, and it is a closely knit business-first venture.
It has little to nothing to do with what UBPorts is doing.
It wasn't so much that they tried to find somewhere new to go, they were already there
and the logo didn't match.
Their own guidelines say to use colours to represent community. Their colour is orange.
This means the community is around the project, not inside of it. Again a question of alignment.
The newest logo looks looks left-aligned by mistake, which was a smaller problem in the first attempt to recreate it.
The square and negative space logo is already out of date.
It is a cheap trick to get as much real-estate out of available (often square) space available.
It works if you can own the colour, and it is a question of making sure "brand awareness" hits often and hard. No elegance to it at all. Not saying it doesn't work, but that is what it is.
Rip away the gimmicks and it is evident how poor an attempt it is.
The newest logo has no acuity.
There is now what looks like a compound curve because of the edge smoothing next to the faces, which is the entire thing to avoid in the first place.
This happens when you don't understand design, and you don't understand the design you are working with.
The size diminishes, it is harder to make out, and the air and composition of the elements are now gone.
Without the stopgap logo in between, the same generational corruption is now total.
It is pretty bad when a stock-logo when searching for "three people in circle logo" is better than two attempts at changing something that worked.
[image: depositphotos_229174318-stock-illustration-three-entrepreneurs-and-business-people.jpg]
Logically the next iteration will be three people leaning all the way in for a time-out pep-talk amongst themselves.
That or they understand to make the hands two smaller balls at each side, so it looks like someone is actually holding hands and not hunched over each-other.
Or the circle gets fatter, and it is just cut-outs for heads in two curved cutouts for each head.
Effectively the "hands" just grow, to the same width as the original logo.
My money is on this one since it has even less entropy, and in less than 5 years.
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7595/change-the-ubuntu-touch-logo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7595/change-the-ubuntu-touch-logo</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[kingu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2022 19:18:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Test alternative pin code prompt - system settings integration]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi
Just want to tell everybody that this feature has been implemented and has been for a long time. you find it under:
Settings/Security &amp; Privacy/Locking &amp; unlocking/Lock security/Passcode/Circle pattern
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7529/test-alternative-pin-code-prompt-system-settings-integration</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7529/test-alternative-pin-code-prompt-system-settings-integration</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rondarius]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:53:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is closing apps generally unnecessary in UT like in Android?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thanks, all, for the feedback.
]]></description><link>https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7439/is-closing-apps-generally-unnecessary-in-ut-like-in-android</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.ubports.com/topic/7439/is-closing-apps-generally-unnecessary-in-ut-like-in-android</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Opolork]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:10:44 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>