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But why? Outside of a few big names (eg. Bootstrap), open-source CSS frameworks come and go on whim. This is CSS Framework that is also dependent on government
by legostormtroopr 8y ago
But why? Outside of a few big names (eg. Bootstrap), open-source CSS frameworks come and go on whim. This is CSS Framework that is also dependent on government funding, being supported by the very shallow Australia tech sector - no offense but working in Australia, many high quality developers are lured away from Australia to higher paying areas.
While this is neat, whats the guarantee this will be kept up to date over the next 1,2 or 5 years?
- pan69 8y agoI think that the purpose of a design system like this is the ability to create a uniform UI over various government agencies. Not to serve as a general purpose framework.
- chrisseaton 8y agoI think you're confused about what this is. They're not pitching it as a design framework for others to use. They're just showing the design framework they use internally. They guarantee they will keep it as up to date as they need it for as long as they need it as they own it and they're paying people to work on it.
- justaguyhere 8y agoLast I checked the US Federal Government alone has a handful of thousand websites (not sure about Australia). If you added state, city etc governments, the number can easily run into five figures. It might be a good idea if they followed a standard set of UI/UX patterns and language. That said, the hard part is actually making them use the consistent standards