User experience 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 experience design – Purism https://puri.sm/ 32 32 PureBoot Framebuffer Boot Support https://puri.sm/posts/pureboot-framebuffer-boot-support/ Wed, 05 Jul 2023 13:00:46 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=79869 The latest release of PureBoot, Release 27, now boots memtest86+, Debian netinst, and other OSes that rely on framebuffer output! We worked with the Heads team to implement this change upstream, and it is now in our latest release. Update your firmware with our update instructions! If you’ve ever tried to boot from PureBoot, and […]

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]]> PureOS 10.3 Power Optimization https://puri.sm/posts/pureos-10-3-power-optimization/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:51:02 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=79637 With PureOS 10.3, power saving and new goodies is the name of the game. Most companies abandon hardware soon after launch, but we have a different approach with the Librem 5.  With every upgrade to PureOS we push on the Librem 5, the more the device can do and the more efficient it gets. One […]

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]]> Purism Announcing Director of Product François Téchené https://puri.sm/posts/purism-announcing-director-of-product-francois-techene/ Wed, 17 May 2023 16:58:51 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=79317 It brings me great joy to announce the elevation of a longstanding Purism employee to the critically important role of Director of Product—François Téchené—the second employee hired to Purism. Filling this role accomplishes a lot of things for us; but filling this role with someone of François’s caliber accomplishes all the things we need and […]

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]]> Repo stats https://puri.sm/posts/repo-stats/ Fri, 07 Apr 2023 18:14:18 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=77432 It’s no secret that I will take any opportunity to look in the warped mirror of statistics to glean insights on myself. I did it before for squeekboard, and I dug into the prehistory of my browser tabs. Recently, a new tool appeared, called Git-Heat-Map, and I asked the statistical crystal ball some questions. Which […]

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]]> 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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]]> Librem 5 App Design Tutorial — Part III https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-app-design-tutorial-naming-your-app/ Tue, 02 Jul 2019 15:44:45 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=64130 Naming your app So you finally started working on the awesome idea you had for a GNOME app, designed a great interface for it and want to start building it. You open Gitlab in order to create a new repository… and oh no!, it wants a name. Existential dread sets in. Naming things is hard, […]

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]]> Designing the scope of the Librem 5’s communication apps https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-16/ Tue, 31 Jul 2018 16:30:06 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=54603 We have spent the last few weeks focusing on the design of the default communication features of the Librem 5. As part of that process, we came up with the design specification for two applications. One of them is called “Calls” and has been designed for the purpose of—you guessed it—making and receiving phone calls. […]

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]]> Introducing Calls on the Librem 5 https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-12/ Fri, 18 May 2018 15:12:43 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=52730 Introduction Arguably the most critical functionality in a phone is the ability to make and receive calls through the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), that is normal cellular calls using phone numbers. While at Purism we are eager to implement communication systems that enable much greater privacy and security than one can expect from PSTN […]

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]]> Librem 5 design report #5 https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-11/ Thu, 10 May 2018 23:27:47 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=51945 Hello everyone! A lot has happened behind the scenes since my last design report. Until now, I have been reporting on our design work mainly on the software front, but our effort is obviously not limited to that. The experience that people can have with their physical device is also very important. So in this […]

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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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]]> Design report #4: symbiotic applications https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-8/ Sat, 10 Mar 2018 23:44:03 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=49504 Purism’s long-term goal has always been to make computers that are as convenient as they are respectful to the people that use them. The Librem products are an ethical platform and therefore should not be discriminating anyone; instead, they are meant to be inclusive of all human beings. In other words, everyone should find in […]

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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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]]> GNOME and KDE in PureOS: diversity across devices https://puri.sm/posts/gnome-and-kde-in-pureos-diversity-across-devices/ Wed, 31 Jan 2018 20:00:14 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=47930 PureOS, a Free Software Foundation endorsed GNU distribution, is what Purism pre-installs on all Librem laptops (in addition to it being freely available for the public to run on their own compatible hardware or virtual machines). It comes with a GNOME desktop environment by default, and of course, since we love free ethical software, users […]

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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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]]> Announcing the Librem Phone Ringtone Contest winners https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-ringtone-contest-winners/ Mon, 13 Nov 2017 22:15:34 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=43967 As part of our Librem 5 phone campaign page, we included a public ringtone contest. The response was overwhelming, and our team did not have an easy task of picking winners: we had to listen and rank over 150 sounds sorted in 5 categories! The most intense battle took over the ringtone category, where the […]

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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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]]> A new boot splash for PureOS https://puri.sm/posts/a-new-boot-splash-for-pureos/ Fri, 12 May 2017 17:33:53 +0000 https://puri.sm/?p=18755 A quick update about PureOS… from the design team this time! 😉 For the new version of PureOS (codenamed “Prometheus”), I am working with the developers to make a very smooth and pleasant user experience when installing and launching the system. We want to make sure that PureOS is not only secure, but also a […]

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