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Parliament.uk beta , this NHS beta design, GOV.WALES beta, etc. all look like GOV.UK. Are they related in any way (same developers?), or did they just thought '

Parliament.uk beta , this NHS beta design, GOV.WALES beta, etc. all look like GOV.UK. Are they related in any way (same developers?), or did they just thought 'hey the main gov website looks great and is open-source, let's do the same'?

andrepd 8y ago
>all look about the same. They look the same and they look great! Also they are functional, lightweight, accessible, etc. One pearl in the sea of bad design that is the Web :)
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aasasd 8y ago
I remember that there are guidelines for development of government websites, also on Github—concerning accessibility stuff and, I think, readymade client-side resources. Only I'm not sure if that was the UK government. That was published pretty long ago, like a year or two.
- arctangent 8y ago
  I'm the tech lead for the NHS website (www.nhs.uk) and I oversee the team who are building this frontend library. NHS Digital are working on a "Standards Library" encompassing how to go about building healthcare websites and services (as opposed to generic government services) which encompasses not only the design of a website but also the whole lifecycle of the service. We still have work to do, but I think 2019 will see the release and adoption of our ideas across the UK!
- Already__Taken 8y ago
  There's some excellent passive aggressive comments in that style guide.
onion2k 8y ago
The UK has the "Government Digital Service", who have been going around all the branches of the government consulting on best practises for web UX, accessibility, coding, style, etc. They're doing a brilliant job of updating the government's Web presence and unifying everything under a more coherent "brand". Interesting fact I heard from one of their UX people - they write their html using a "screenreader first" paradigm. Eg they make the html work for screenreaders and the style it to work on mobile devices, and then desktop computers. It's a great approach for accessibility.
- buzzert 8y ago
  The US has a really similar program that’s also doing great work! https://www.usds.gov/ https://www.usds.gov/
  - airstrike 8y ago
    I recall they built https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/ https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/ which is simply amazing, particularly the data itself which provides a lot more detail in case you want to dig in yourself: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/ https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/
  - beaker52 8y ago
    That was specifically born out of the UK GDS programme if I remember correctly

andrepd 8y ago

>all look about the same. They look the same and they look great! Also they are functional, lightweight, accessible, etc. One pearl in the sea of bad design that is the Web :)

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aasasd 8y ago

I remember that there are guidelines for development of government websites, also on Github—concerning accessibility stuff and, I think, readymade client-side resources. Only I'm not sure if that was the UK government. That was published pretty long ago, like a year or two.

arctangent 8y ago
I'm the tech lead for the NHS website (www.nhs.uk) and I oversee the team who are building this frontend library. NHS Digital are working on a "Standards Library" encompassing how to go about building healthcare websites and services (as opposed to generic government services) which encompasses not only the design of a website but also the whole lifecycle of the service. We still have work to do, but I think 2019 will see the release and adoption of our ideas across the UK!
Already__Taken 8y ago
There's some excellent passive aggressive comments in that style guide.

onion2k 8y ago

The UK has the "Government Digital Service", who have been going around all the branches of the government consulting on best practises for web UX, accessibility, coding, style, etc. They're doing a brilliant job of updating the government's Web presence and unifying everything under a more coherent "brand". Interesting fact I heard from one of their UX people - they write their html using a "screenreader first" paradigm. Eg they make the html work for screenreaders and the style it to work on mobile devices, and then desktop computers. It's a great approach for accessibility.

buzzert 8y ago
The US has a really similar program that’s also doing great work! https://www.usds.gov/ https://www.usds.gov/
- airstrike 8y ago
  I recall they built https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/ https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/ which is simply amazing, particularly the data itself which provides a lot more detail in case you want to dig in yourself: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/ https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/data/
- beaker52 8y ago
  That was specifically born out of the UK GDS programme if I remember correctly