Android

PanicKit 1.0: built-in panic button and full app wipes

June 4, 2019

Panic Kit is 1.0! After over three years of use, it is time to call this stable and ready for widespread use. Built-in panic button This round of work …

Exploring possibilities of Pluggable Transports on Android

April 16, 2019

Pluggable Transports (PT) give software developers the means to establishing reliable connections in DPI-filtered network scenarios. A variety of …

Orbot v16: a whole new look, and easier to use!

January 5, 2018

Orbot: Tor for Android has a new release (tag and changelog), with a major update to the user experience and interface. This is the 16th major release …

Repomaker Usability Trainers Worldwide, June 2017

June 29, 2017

Repomaker Usability, Trainers Worldwide Study Prepared by Carrie Winfrey and Tiffany Robertson, Okthanks, in partnership with F-Droid and Guardian …

fdroidserver UX Testing Report

June 1, 2017

We ran user tests of fdroidserver, the tools for developers to create and manage F-Droid repositories of apps and media. This test was set up to …

Announcing new libraries: F-Droid Update Channels

May 31, 2017

In many places in the world, it is very common to find Android apps via a multitude of sources: third party app stores, Bluetooth transfers, swapping …

New research report on the challenges developers face

May 15, 2017

The Guardian Project has been working with the F-Droid community to make it a secure, streamlined, and verifiable app distribution channel for …

F-Droid User Testing, Round 2

May 1, 2017

# by Hailey Still and Carrie Winfrey **** Here we outline the User Testing process and plan for the F-Droid app store for Android. The key aims of …

F-Droid: A new UX 6 years in the making

April 17, 2017

(post by Peter Serwylo) F-Droid has been a part of the Android ecosystem for over 6 years now. Since then, over 2000 apps have been built for the main …

F-Droid Lubbock Report – What We Want to Know

April 17, 2017

F-Droid LBK Usability Study Report – What We Want to Know Prepared by Carrie Winfrey Preliminary Version – April 17, 2017 Introduction When planning …