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I work for the United States District Courts—- article fails to mention the courts hosts one of the largest electronic database systems ever. Millions of electr

by tdhz77 8y ago

I work for the United States District Courts—- article fails to mention the courts hosts one of the largest electronic database systems ever. Millions of electronic PDFs for millions of cases. The US Courts uses kubernetes/ open shift, etc.. Analog isn’t the right word. It’s personal preference and work flow. There are systems in place scotus could use. SCOTUS are very aware of technology and how it works. That is their job to understand.

Jun8 8y ago
Agreed! In fact, even a cursory visit to the SCOTUS page clearly shows that whoever runs it is no luddite: not only you can get scanned transcripts of cases reaching back to 80s, you can stream audio from arguments back to 2010!
mark212 8y ago
Compared with the California state courts, the USDC is awesome. But it's hardly a paragon of cutting edge tech with its Craigslist aesthetics and ridiculous paywalls. Try being on the user-side of it for a while, or better yet the real-life scenario of trying to upload and organize 15 PDFs at 11:40 pm on the last day for filing ... only to have it rejected by the clerk the next day for failing to select the appropriate event. Still, it's a massive leap forward over the Superior Court's fragmented system. And kudos to you guys for keeping CM/ECF up and available. It's a very robust system.
- tdhz77 8y ago
  UI is ugly, I’m porting it to react. We are speeding up dev time. I hope to fix your frustrations!
  - tropo 8y ago
    Please make it work: a. for the blind with screen readers b. for those with javascript disabled c. for text browsers like lynx and links d. for fetchers like wget and curl e. for people with cookies disabled f. for OSes including Ubuntu, Android, etc. g. for browsers including Firefox, Chromium, Edge, Safari, etc. h. for dial-up and satellite connections i. for people with older computers, like a Pentium III Actually try it. Make sure it is practically usable, not just theoretically possible to use.

by tdhz77 8y ago

Jun8 8y ago

Agreed! In fact, even a cursory visit to the SCOTUS page clearly shows that whoever runs it is no luddite: not only you can get scanned transcripts of cases reaching back to 80s, you can stream audio from arguments back to 2010!

mark212 8y ago

Compared with the California state courts, the USDC is awesome. But it's hardly a paragon of cutting edge tech with its Craigslist aesthetics and ridiculous paywalls. Try being on the user-side of it for a while, or better yet the real-life scenario of trying to upload and organize 15 PDFs at 11:40 pm on the last day for filing ... only to have it rejected by the clerk the next day for failing to select the appropriate event. Still, it's a massive leap forward over the Superior Court's fragmented system. And kudos to you guys for keeping CM/ECF up and available. It's a very robust system.

tdhz77 8y ago
UI is ugly, I’m porting it to react. We are speeding up dev time. I hope to fix your frustrations!
- tropo 8y ago
  Please make it work: a. for the blind with screen readers b. for those with javascript disabled c. for text browsers like lynx and links d. for fetchers like wget and curl e. for people with cookies disabled f. for OSes including Ubuntu, Android, etc. g. for browsers including Firefox, Chromium, Edge, Safari, etc. h. for dial-up and satellite connections i. for people with older computers, like a Pentium III Actually try it. Make sure it is practically usable, not just theoretically possible to use.