An additional way of switching between application windows in Ubuntu's Unity desktop has been proposed by a developer.
Cameras at the ready - the contest to choose 10 new wallpapers for Ubuntu 13.04 has kicked off.
Ubuntu's system update application has received a refreshed look in Ubuntu 13.04. The new changes, which we wrote about earlier this week, is aimed at making the information displayed to users easier to digest.
Ubuntu's Design Team are reaching out to the community to help design a new icon for Ubuntu's Software Updater application. The icons in Ubuntu 12.10 and 13.04 are described by the design team's Matthew Paul Thomas as creating 'a usability problem'.
A redesigned version of Ubuntu's 'Software Updater' application is likely to arrive in Ubuntu 13.04 before April. Writing about the UI tweaks on his blog, developer Michael Terry says that a patch containing the changes has been 'proposed'.
A new window snapping effect is one of several changes to have recently arrived in Unity in Ubuntu 13.04. Read on for more details and a video of the effect in action.
Chinese Ubuntu users will be able to find music from their favourite national artists straight from the Unity Dash. Search support for China's largest music download site, Baidu Music, is now available in Ubuntu 13.04.
New options have been added to the Appearance Settings pane in Ubuntu 13.04. With a click you can now disable the 'Workspace Switcher' item, used to navigate between the four workspaces Ubuntu provides by default.
Support for timed login is amongst recent minor changes made to Ubuntu 13.04's login screen.
Unity's Previews feature has seen a number of refinements over the last week as work on Unity in 13.04 continues. A slicker animation has been introduced, along with better visual differentiation between the active and inactive preview items. If you're a subscriber to our YouTube channel then you'll have seen a video of these tweaks in action yesterday.
Updated navigation bar icons for the Unity Dash have been proposed for Ubuntu 13.04. The updated designs by Matthieu James iterate rather than overhaul those currently used in Ubuntu.
More online integration is coming to Ubuntu in its next release, Canonical have announced. Ubuntu 13.04 will 'fulfil' the goal of the Unity Dash to be a one-stop global search tool. It will include more 'Scopes', a new relevancy ranking system, and a wider range of commercial product suggestions.