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A lot of work goes into making GOV.UK sites accessible to people who aren't au fait with technology. From the design of form elements and wizards to the extreme
by petepete 7y ago
A lot of work goes into making GOV.UK sites accessible to people who aren't au fait with technology. From the design of form elements and wizards to the extreme care in choosing the correct language.
It's a huge project and driven by user research and testing. Best part, almost all of it happens in the open
https://design-system.service.gov.uk https://design-system.service.gov.uk
https://design-system.service.gov.uk/community/backlog https://design-system.service.gov.uk/community/backlog
The technology and design should eventually filter down to localised services.
- dazc 7y agoIt's a long time coming Pete.
- kingkongjaffa 7y agoLmao the local councils have been left to run their own web services and they are painfully backwards and outdated, payment portals for council tax from the early 2000’s, sites that are not responsive by default, dead/missing links. From what I have seen they are left to do their own thing a little too much.
- petepete 7y agoYeah, we can lead the horse to water. A dev can get a Node or Rails app with all the correct assets and templates running in two minutes. C# and Django in a bit longer. Most of the things they'll need to build are already there, well-engineered and tested. Some councils have longstanding contracts with local companies or just have their heads in the sand. Not much more we can do. Some work on this has actually been started https://localdigital.gov.uk/funding/leeds-city-council-2/ https://localdigital.gov.uk/funding/leeds-city-council-2/ Edit: just read the assessor's comments, pretty damning. Doesn't sound like the project delivered much - pretty sure I could do more in an afternoon