How we redesigned the Linear UI (part Ⅱ)
In six weeks, we redesigned Linear’s UI. Discover the new UI and story behind it:
http://linear.app/blog/how-we-redesigned-the-linear-ui… Show more
How we redesigned the Linear UI (part Ⅱ) In six weeks, we redesigned Linear’s UI. Discover the new UI and story behind it: http://linear.app/blog/how-we-redesigned-the-linear-ui… Show more
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Today, we are revealing the result of many weeks of work redesigning Linear’s interface. We’ve adjusted the sidebar, tabs, headers, and panels to reduce visual noise, maintain visual alignment, and increase the hierarchy and density of navigation elements. These changes make space for Linear to evolve from a simple issue tracker into a purpose-buil... See more
How we redesigned the Linear UI (part Ⅱ) - Linear Blog
Yehezkel Lipinsky added
Each afternoon, we divided the coding portions into groups of two engineers while designers iterated on other parts of the project, building a pipeline for us to work from. This daily back-and-forth between designers and engineers helped us get the first working version of the new UI by the end of the week. The result of that week’s work was added ... See more
How we redesigned the Linear UI (part Ⅱ) - Linear Blog
Yehezkel Lipinsky added
It’s always better to do a redesign quickly. Otherwise, you will block almost every project and create design debt as newly added features and screens need to be redesigned very soon after they are created. Once we had the initial direction in place, we focused a small team on the redesign: Romain and Yann led the efforts with contributions from An... See more
How we redesigned the Linear UI (part Ⅱ) - Linear Blog
Yehezkel Lipinsky added
With these realizations in mind, we approached our settings redesign like an onboarding experience. We created a settings “homepage” to show users what they can do with Linear and experiment with different functionalities.
Linear • Settings Are Not a Design Failure
sari added
I also spent time aligning labels, icons, and buttons, both vertically and horizontally in the sidebar and tabs. It was definitely a challenge given the amount of UI elements we have on this tiny surface. This part of the redesign isn’t something you’ll immediately see but rather something that you’ll feel after a few minutes of using the app.
Karri Saarinen • How we redesigned the Linear UI (part Ⅱ) - Linear Blog
Yehezkel Lipinsky and added
“The fundamental thing that Linear did differently was this idea of being highly opinionated,” she says. “They understood that, the truth is, most companies have no idea what the right software development process is,” Zhan says. “The subset who do would much prefer focusing on building their product than dedicating time to shaping this process—cu
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