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23 October 2013

App Design Clinic #3

Design

Today’s clinic included:

  • A discussion of launcher placement,
  • Brad Well’s Bible app – general design guidance
  • Michael Zanetti’s uAuthenticator app – general design guidance, plus a discussion of naming and how names appear in the dash and in the app header

The next clinic is on Wednesday 6th November. We love discussing design, so please send any designs and/or questions to design@canonical.com.

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