Canonical plans for Ubuntu to go multi-device, appearing on smartphones, tablets, TVs in addition to the regular ol’ PC, aren’t due to sneak out until Ubuntu 14.04.

But Ubuntu user Ian Santopietro thinks you can’t ever be ‘too early’ to start thinking about how the interface might look, and so presented his take on a multi-device Ubuntu’s Unity interface to the ‘Ayatana’ mailing list.

His idea is fantastically in-depth and detailed, as you can see in his visual breakdown: –

With Canonical targeting multi-device plans at Ubuntu 14.04, chances are it’ll be a little while before we see anything ‘official’.

But the mean time design ideas such as Ian’s really help fire the imagination.

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