CenturyAvocado, 2 months ago to random

Um.... is there some sort of Public Private Partnership local councils are starting.. This email seems incredibly fishy to me.
A council "gov.uk" #GovUK email address sending out press releases offering interviews with someone at a law firm!?
Does this need reporting to someone?

Lawyers raise alarm at struggle to tackle UK local government corruption (www.theguardian.com)

joelanman, 6 months ago to random

What's so important about GOV.UK Forms is how thoughtfully they're going about it. So for example the editor UI is simple and accessible. And it's opinionated - it helps users who don't have a lot of experience with tech or design produce good quality forms.

https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2023/11/27/get-involved-with-the-launch-of-early-access-to-gov-uk-forms/

#govDesign #govuk #govukForms

tsdower, 6 months ago to random

Non-US web devs: did you know that US gov't accessibility requirements for federally funded online projects exist and, even better, come with free online validator tools? That you can use too? The guidelines are well thought out and make decent goals even when not required. The cryptic search term is Section 508, after the bit of law.

List of guidelines and tools:
https://www.section508.gov/test/

A bookmarklet for website validation:
https://www.ssa.gov/accessibility/andi/help/install.html

joelanman, 7 months ago to design

My talk on the GOV.UK Prototype Kit from the Netherlands Design System Week is now online:

https://nldesignsystem.nl/events/design-systems-week-2023/en/program/#the-gov.uk-prototype-kit

cheers @hdv and the rest of the Design System Week team!

#prototyping #govukPrototypeKit #design #govuk

joelanman, 8 months ago to random

nice discussion of GOV.UK Forms and GDS' approach to web tech
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37789107
#govuk #govukForms #gds

joelanman, 8 months ago to random

New feature in GOV.UK Notify: QR codes in letters.

Sensibly "When you add a QR code to your letter, you must provide an alternative for people who cannot scan QR codes, for example, a short URL"

https://www.notifications.service.gov.uk/using-notify/qr-codes

#govukNotify #govuk

joelanman, 8 months ago to random

An update on GOV.UK Forms

https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2023/10/03/how-were-opening-up-access-to-gov-uk-forms/

#govukForms #govuk #gds #formBuilder

joelanman, 9 months ago to random

https://platforms.service.gov.uk/
#govuk

joelanman, 10 months ago to random

We run common platforms to help provide services to users:

• GOV.UK Design System
• GOV.UK Forms
• GOV.UK Notify (SMS and emails)
• GOV.UK Pay
• GOV.UK Prototype Kit
• GOV.UK Publisher

https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2023/08/08/how-common-platforms-deliver-brilliant-digital-services/
#govuk #gds #commonPlatforms

joelanman, 10 months ago to random

We've published new guides to creating plugins for the GOV.UK Prototype Kit

https://prototype-kit.service.gov.uk/docs/create-plugin

#govukPrototypeKit #govDesign #prototyping #frontend #govuk

sboots, 11 months ago to random

“I would love to be able to design a government service where users didn’t need to go to the big website at all — a service so seamless and invisible that they barely register they are dealing with government.” Fantastic piece from @marthaedwards with an insightful look at GOV.UK’s recently-published growth strategy: https://medium.com/@mlhedwards/were-not-here-to-grow-f124f875f8b4 #GCdigital #govDesign #govuk