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The new FCC.gov

7 points by sinak 11y ago

anc84 11y ago
Warning, this loads a full whopping 3 Megabytes. Main culprit are some PNG files that should be optimised or tiled.
- chrismbarr 11y ago
  Yeah really. Just look at these: 91k @ 369px × 4275px https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/icons-2x-s4a93a70c85.png https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/icons-2x-s4a... 461k @ 2129px × 1571px https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/bg-pattern-header.png https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/bg-pattern-h... 493k @ 2128px × 1593px https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/bg-pattern-gray.png https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/bg-pattern-g... 585k @ 2128px × 3740px https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/icons-sa0dc29a632.png https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/icons-sa0dc2...
fredleblanc 11y ago
Man, the layout bails out of side-by-side columns at 1056px wide, and the on-screen-nav only makes it down to 990px. Good use of Open Sans, though.
LastZactionHero 11y ago
Looks like the filing system is unchanged from when John Oliver hugged it to death.
epimetheus 11y ago
First thing I noticed, another Gov site using Drupal (7) - currently working with a Federal Entity that uses Drupal for it's websites, funny how it seems to be used more than, say WordPress or Umbraco (Which would make more sense). On our end, it's because we are currently Army (but not much longer with the conversion to DHA) and the Army has a CON (Certification of Networthiness) which doesn't have much on it, though Drupal is on there.
- degenerate 11y ago
  The winning contractor most likely proposed drupal, by showcasing a large number of government websites they built using... drupal. It's an endless cycle of past performance coming out on top, regardless of how creative or customized another bidder might have been. Not that drupal is bad portal software, but contracting officers that don't know any better will just pick the (cheapest) company with the longest track record of success.

The new FCC.gov

7 points by sinak 11y ago

anc84 11y ago

Warning, this loads a full whopping 3 Megabytes. Main culprit are some PNG files that should be optimised or tiled.

chrismbarr 11y ago
Yeah really. Just look at these: 91k @ 369px × 4275px https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/icons-2x-s4a93a70c85.png https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/icons-2x-s4a... 461k @ 2129px × 1571px https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/bg-pattern-header.png https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/bg-pattern-h... 493k @ 2128px × 1593px https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/bg-pattern-gray.png https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/bg-pattern-g... 585k @ 2128px × 3740px https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/icons-sa0dc29a632.png https://www.fcc.gov/sites/all/themes/fcc/images/icons-sa0dc2...

fredleblanc 11y ago

Man, the layout bails out of side-by-side columns at 1056px wide, and the on-screen-nav only makes it down to 990px. Good use of Open Sans, though.

LastZactionHero 11y ago

Looks like the filing system is unchanged from when John Oliver hugged it to death.

epimetheus 11y ago

First thing I noticed, another Gov site using Drupal (7) - currently working with a Federal Entity that uses Drupal for it's websites, funny how it seems to be used more than, say WordPress or Umbraco (Which would make more sense). On our end, it's because we are currently Army (but not much longer with the conversion to DHA) and the Army has a CON (Certification of Networthiness) which doesn't have much on it, though Drupal is on there.

degenerate 11y ago
The winning contractor most likely proposed drupal, by showcasing a large number of government websites they built using... drupal. It's an endless cycle of past performance coming out on top, regardless of how creative or customized another bidder might have been. Not that drupal is bad portal software, but contracting officers that don't know any better will just pick the (cheapest) company with the longest track record of success.