User interaction design – Purism https://puri.sm/ High-quality computers that protect your freedom and privacy Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:29:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.28 https://puri.sm/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-purism-logo-rectangle-1-32x32.png User interaction design – Purism https://puri.sm/ 32 32 Design 2022 in Retrospect https://puri.sm/posts/design-2022-in-retrospect/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 20:17:52 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=76877 As you probably know, software work at Purism follows upstream-first principles. This means we contribute to projects directly to make them better for everyone rather than just applying custom changes for ourselves downstream. From a user interface and design perspective this mostly means working on GNOME and various adjacent projects, including core and third party […]

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]]> To Byzantium and Beyond https://puri.sm/posts/to-byzantium-and-beyond/ Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:59:57 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=73762 PureOS has had some major changes in 2021 PureOS 10, codename: Byzantium, is the new stable release of PureOS. PureOS 10 is likely not a newcomer to everyone, it’s been around for a while as a rolling release or a “testing” release. It has been shipping on Purism’s new hardware. We’ve moved our kernel forward. […]

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]]> Throwback to 2021, More from Librem 5 in 2022 https://puri.sm/posts/throwback-to-2021-more-from-librem-5-in-2022/ Fri, 14 Jan 2022 19:51:23 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=73719 We’ve had an excellent year of adding more functionality for the phone to the mainline Linux kernel. As a result, the Librem 5 phone has become quite usable in 2021 and will further improve in 2022. We have also increased shipping throughput, and our estimated shipping times are more accurate than ever. Here is a […]

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]]> 2021 Year in Review: Design https://puri.sm/posts/2021-year-in-review-design/ Mon, 10 Jan 2022 17:00:31 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=73566 This year, just like the previous years, the Purism design team has been focusing on improving the overall Librem products experience. We took this opportunity to contribute to some amazing upstream projects like Libadwaita for the world to benefit from those modern and respectful technologies. Our goal is to make each Librem product simple and […]

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]]> Making a Platform Adaptive for Everyone https://puri.sm/posts/making-a-platform-adaptive-for-everyone/ Thu, 10 Jun 2021 18:13:00 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=72145 A Mobile Platform When we announced the Librem 5, we knew we would have to invest in and build a mobile operating system and applications to run on it — by “mobile” understand “for smartphones”. To avoid reinventing the wheel, we decided to base that system on an existing environment. Librem laptops ship with our […]

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]]> The design behind a modular and secure mobile phone https://puri.sm/posts/the-design-behind-a-modular-and-secure-mobile-phone/ Wed, 26 Aug 2020 17:28:11 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=69128 The Librem 5 is not just another smartphone. It is unique in so many ways and it represents, to me, the transition toward a world of digital ethics, which I hope will become the norm in the future. I wanted to do a video that underlines the unique hardware design of the Librem 5 for […]

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]]> Librem 14 Thoughts From a CG Artist https://puri.sm/posts/librem-14-thoughts-from-a-cg-artist/ Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:35:34 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=68892 In this post, I wish to explain why I am so excited about the upcoming Librem 14, and why I am proud to have been involved in its conception. This is only a subjective point of view related to what I personally like in computers and so, I will start with telling about where my […]

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]]> Designing an Icon for Your App https://puri.sm/posts/designing-an-icon-for-your-app/ Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:08:05 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=67366 Originally published on 30 December 2019 on Tobias Bernard’s GNOME Blog. You’ve designed your app’s interface, and found the perfect name for it. But of course a great app also needs a great icon before you can release it to the world. After the name, the app icon is the most important part of an […]

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]]> 2019 Year in Review: Design https://puri.sm/posts/2019-year-in-review-design/ Tue, 07 Jan 2020 12:42:17 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=66979 We are only a small design team at Purism but we cover a wide area of design related work. Here is a review of what happened in design in 2019. Creative design Early in 2019 we successfully produced a professional video campaign for the Librem One launch using completely free software. It was the first […]

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]]> Librem One Design Principles: Simple, Secure Applications https://puri.sm/posts/librem-one-design-principles-simple-secure-applications/ Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:38:59 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=64742 Design principles for simply secure applications The primary appeal of Librem One is that you get privacy without sacrificing convenience. There is already a wealth of free software available, both applications and services, with numerous security and privacy options. However, learning what they are and keeping up-to-date is generally neither simple nor convenient. To combat […]

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]]> Librem One Design Principles: Services You Can Trust https://puri.sm/posts/librem-one-design-principles-services-you-can-trust/ Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:24:03 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=64736 Engineering trustworthy services for everyone Our hardware and software puts users back in control of computing–but, you may be wondering, can we do the same with our services? With Librem One, the answer is yes. We have big, no, huge dreams about what we can achieve with your support and the wealth of free software […]

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]]> On the Importance of On-Screen Keyboards https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-13/ Mon, 11 Jun 2018 20:36:44 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=52786 This is a guest post by Dorota, developer on Purism’s mobile team. The role of keyboards cannot be overstated. They originated long before computers, and survive in the smartphone era. Millions of people text their friend by tapping away on their shiny pocket computers using the venerable QWERTY layout dating back to 1873. It is […]

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]]> Initial Developer Documentation for the Librem 5 Phone Platform https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-10/ Wed, 11 Apr 2018 17:29:26 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=50309 At Purism, we are just as excited as you are about the the development boards that will be distributed this summer. Once a person receives their development board, their first thought will be “This is great! Now, what do I do with it?” In anticipation of the technical guidance that will be needed, the developer […]

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]]> Librem 5 puzzle pieces starting to come together—graphics, adaptive applications, docs and SDK https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-7/ Sat, 03 Mar 2018 15:36:21 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=49252 The Librem 5 is a big project. And like a lot of big projects, as you probably know, it can appear overwhelming, until you can break the parts down into logical steps. Like a large puzzle scattered on a table, our team has been organizing and beginning to assemble all the pieces. This is very […]

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]]> Design report #3: designing the UI Shell, part 2 https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-6/ Fri, 23 Feb 2018 13:00:14 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=48915 Peter has been quite busy thinking about the most ergonomic mobile gestures and came up with a complete UI shell design. While the last design report was describing the design of the lock screen and the home screen, we will discuss here about navigating within the different features of the shell. The mock-up on the […]

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]]> Designing the Mobile Experience with Convergence in Mind https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-4/ Wed, 07 Feb 2018 14:10:10 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=48207 It is always great to have the opportunity to discuss face to face with community members to get the pulse of what their thoughts are and suggestions they might have for the Librem 5 project. As such, I was happy to spend time discussing at length with people attending FOSDEM this week-end. Comments from the […]

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]]> Librem 5 Phone Progress Report – A Design Team Assembles https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-2/ Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:00:29 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=47402 We have spent the last two months building our design team for the Librem 5 Phone project. We have been studying the current state of mobile design within the free software community as well as large companies that have shown success in mobile. We have been in the planning phases of development attempting to produce […]

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]]> We Love Ethical Design https://puri.sm/posts/we-love-ethical-design/ Sat, 09 Dec 2017 08:37:50 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=45556 In our wish to bring our contribution to the betterment of society, wherever we plan to work on refining our products or existing software, we will conform to the Ethical Design Manifesto. Our philosophy and social purpose have always been in perfect unison with the principles stated in the Ethical Design Manifesto, and having it […]

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]]> Make your own Librem 5 concept art. https://puri.sm/posts/make-your-own-librem-5-concept-art/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 19:40:38 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=26898 A few days ago, a very talented Librem 5 enthusiast asked me for some HD material to create his own Librem 5 concept art, so I have put together a couple of blank renders of the handset, along with the logos in SVG format. All this design is currently a work in progress and I […]

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