packages.ubuntu.com grossly violates design/brand guidelines

[Prateek Karandikar]

http://packages.ubuntu.com/ grossly violates design/brand guidelines as given here : http://design.ubuntu.com/ . As per http://design.ubuntu.com/web/ubuntu-and-canonical-web-universe , since packages.ubuntu.com is under the ubuntu.com namespace, it is a Tier 2 site, and the web design guidelines apply to it.

Example of violations :

* The colour used in the header does not adhere to the colour palette: http://design.ubuntu.com/assets/colour-palette .
* The logo used violates "Never change any of the colours in the logo" as explicitly stated here: http://design.ubuntu.com/assets/ubuntu-logo . http://design.ubuntu.com/web/ubuntu-and-canonical-web-universe reminds us , "Remember: the Ubuntu and Canonical logos must always be used according to the guidelines!"
* The font used in the header is not from the Ubuntu font family : http://design.ubuntu.com/assets/ubuntu-font-family .
* http://design.ubuntu.com/web/forms says that radio buttons must be stacked vertically, but they are stacked horizontally under the "Search package directories" heading. In general, guidelines from design.ubuntu.com/web/forms are ignored.
* Links aren't orange as they should be : http://design.ubuntu.com/web/links .
* The overall look and feel of the site is just very different from what one sees at http://design.ubuntu.com .

This gives the impression that Ubuntu is not serious about its own design guidelines.

(I am aware that the look and feel of packages.ubuntu.com is as per how things were a few years ago - however, that does not change any of the above.)

[Steve Edwards (steve-edwards)]

Community run site, seemingly owned by Frank Lichtenheld (mailto:<email address hidden>).

[Chris Johnston (cjohnston)]

Steve, is the code available anywhere that you know of? Would make it much easier for people to update the theme if it is.

[Inayaili de León (yaili)]

This website is not maintained by Canonical. We'll get in touch with the maintainer to see what can be done.