SystemSettings

Revision 9 as of 2013-04-04 17:05:00

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MatthewPaulThomas, Canonical Design

Ubuntu contains System Settings on PC (gnome-control-center), based on my original design from 2008. Ubuntu will soon also have some form of system settings interface on phone and tablet.

In line with the goal of a convergence device — not to mention, ordinary learnability and efficiency — these settings, and their categories, will be shared across form factors whenever practical. However, some settings will only ever make sense on one or two form factors.

Settings categories

At the moment, this is an incomplete index of Ubuntu designs for System Settings — some of them implemented, some not. It includes other things, such as version information, that for want of a better position, are presented inside the System Settings UI in at least one form factor.

PC

Phone

Tablet

TBD

Background

TBD

-

Brightness

TBD

Display

TBD

TBD

Power

Battery

TBD

Network

TBD

TBD

Time & Date

Time & Date

TBD

Login Items

-

-

Software & Updates

TBD

TBD

Printing

TBD

TBD

Security & Privacy, including Diagnostics

TBD

TBD

Sound

Sound

TBD

Startup

-

-

Text Entry

TBD

TBD

Touchpad

-

-

Universal Access

TBD

TBD

User Accounts

TBD

TBD

PC settings interface

should be documented here eventually, for testability and comparison purposes

Phone settings interface

TBD

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Tablet settings interface

TBD