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whitingx

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#Accessibility, #Inclusion, #Research & #Design at Merlan Ltd. ⟹ NUX, UXDiscuss & Designer Hangout organiser ⟹ Narrow of purpose, wide of vision. ツ

“… the ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.”
― David Graeber

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whitingx, to random
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🌄 The Problem with .

“The history of fiction proves that we can’t even imagine a better world.”

https://quillette.com/2024/05/23/why-we-must-walk-away-from-omelas-the-problem-with-utopias-authoritarianism-science-fiction/

whitingx, to c64
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8BitDo Retro Mechanical Keyboard - Edition.

🕹 ⌨️ https://www.8bitdo.com/retro-mechanical-keyboard-c64/

whitingx, to apple
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:rainbowapple: announces new features.

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2024/05/apple-announces-new-accessibility-features-including-eye-tracking/

whitingx, to random
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📺 A Emulator.

https://www.nathanmediaservices.co.uk/ceefax/

whitingx, to Typography
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‘The Basics of Legibility - A Short Guide for Non-Typographers.’

https://www.nubero.ch/blog/011/

whitingx, to accessibility
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‘Conducting In An Inaccessible Ecosystem’ by Michele A. Williams, PhD at Smashing Magazine.

Including some useful guidance on ways you can accomplish based research activities while working around inaccessible prototypes.

𝟷. Use a survey.
𝟸. Conduct a co-design session.
𝟹. Test with a similar system.
𝟺. Build your own rapid prototype.
𝟻. Use the Wizard of Oz method.

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2024/04/conducting-accessibility-research-inaccessible-ecosystem/

whitingx, to random
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There are some really interesting looking opportunities to work with the fantastic Team at Scroll available (I've worked with Scroll in the past and would highly recommend them).

whitingx,
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1 x 👤 🔎 User Research role - Looking for someone who has experience of coordinating cross-Government .

2 x 👥 📝 Content Design roles - Looking for individuals with experience of working to GDS standards and publishing content on GOV.UK.

More details on the roles and information on how to contact Scroll here ⤵

https://www.scroll.co.uk/current-contract-opportunities

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I've been looking for reference examples of how bi/multi-lingual content is displayed in digital formats helpful for both design guidance and for testing with assistive technologies.

joelanman, (edited ) to webdev
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I think the GOV.UK Design System is very close to this. Widely tested, accessible, tech-agnostic, just needs to be more theme-able (edit - including internationalisation, thanks @whitingx )

https://bigmedium.com/ideas/a-global-design-system.html

whitingx,
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@joelanman - I find the concept of a 🌐 Global interesting and have been following along with the discussions being led by @brad_frost.

Great to see a focus on in the plans but feels like we risk losing a lot of creativity and diversity by working from a standardised, homogenised system. 🤔

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@joelanman - The mentions I've seen in discussions relating to () and () seem more focused on support for language, RtL typography, etc. over the culture¹ and tradition² of Design that has already been impacted by regions more dominant and more promoted as standard bearers of Design.

How much of US/EU design thinking and theory might be imposed on any global design system and how can this inherent bias be mitigated. 🤔

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@joelanman -
Your example of the GDS as a frame of reference for this 🌐 Global Design System is a good call - but seeing the work³ done⁴ by various⁵ Orgs. required to extend this, and the reduction in support⁶ for other GovUK tools, also would be interesting to see more conversation to address how this Global Design System might be maintained and iterated on. 🤔

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@joelanman - That's right, extensibility is certainly a positive thing. 👍

Issue I've seen though is that these changes made at an org. specific level rarely/never make it back upstream to the primary DS meaning we have further 🔀 fragmentation and disparity of approaches that become difficult/impossible to reconcile as projects progress. 🤔

As you say, these useful elements should make it back into the main DS but in regard to evidence and examples I've seen of this … ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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@joelanman - That's really good to hear 👍

Out of interest - Do you know if the process to move elements/components back upstream to the GDS are documented anywhere? And if there are any examples/blog posts showing how this has worked to share with others? 🤔

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‘GOV.UK launches new official 👑 crown .’

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/govuk-launches-new-official-crown-logo-for-his-majesty-the-king

mikestreety, to accessibility
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If I wanted a front-end accessibility audit done for a client - who or where is the best place to go?

whitingx,
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@mikestreety - I'd highly recommend;

Nomensa - https://www.nomensa.com/services/web-accessibility/

@TetraLogical - https://tetralogical.com/services/assessments/

in this space.

Hope this helps. 🙂

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Information on taking part in this year's Services Week. An annual event series run by the Digital and Data community for people working in the UK .

https://services.blog.gov.uk/2024/02/01/showcase-your-work-at-services-week-2024/


whitingx, to cymru
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Really interesting once again to attend the meet-up (organised by Nia Campbell) for those working on 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 language Products and Services across 🏛 Government and the Public Sector.

whitingx,
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Some really helpful resources discussed and some great conversation within the group on;

▶ Conducting research in Welsh.
▶ Planning and running research activities when you have no Welsh speaking team members.
▶ Welsh translation for acronyms and abbreviations.
▶ … and much more.

A really useful and highly recommended meet-up for anyone working in this area. 🙂

whitingx, to cymru
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I'm current working on a 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 language service and was curious as to why the word No was variously translated as;

Nac oes
Nac ydw
Na

This resource proved really helpful in understanding that, in Welsh, the type of 'Yes' or 'No' you need to use ultimately depends on the tense of the question. ⤵️ 🙂

https://welearnwelsh.com/grammar/how-to-say-yes-and-no-in-welsh/

whitingx,
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@mattwilcox - Ha, yes!

Was discussing Welsh dialect¹ issues with the Team recently as we look to get a better understanding of potential issues for our service users. 🙂

¹. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_language#Dialects

whitingx, to Worldbuidling
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Some thoughts on the best time to ask users for on a Government from Government Digital Service's Stephen Gill.

“It’s a good rule of thumb that the worst time to ask a user to do something is when they’re trying to do something else.”

https://medium.com/@stephen.gill/give-help-now-get-feedback-later-af423fff3fb1

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I've been enjoying digging through classic, archived 📺 TV recently (e.g. Horizon - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01z4p1j, Tuesday Documentary - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02rrdyx, Ways of Seeing - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dtnvm, etc.) and one thing that is fascinating to me—as much as the subjects of these programs—is the way they were presented to their audience.

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Felt like these programs respected their audience, not talking down to them but instead providing introductory information for those new to the subject and more in-depth analysis for others.

What do people think is the modern equivalent of these types of 📺 programming? What have you seen recently that you've found thought provoking and respectful to it's audience? 🤔

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❓ Have you seen any examples of well structured feedback mechanisms linked from Government Service phase banners (https://design-system.service.gov.uk/components/phase-banner/)?

Anything you think worked well beyond standard questions often asked in these types of feedback tool? Any questions you felt were effective in capturing valuable, actionable feedback?

Thanks. 🙂

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