By: A quiet revolution in UK government IT: open source ousting big-vendor...
[...] more information see Mike Bracken’s post This is why we are here, and take a look at the team’s early work on GOV.UK, which is in [...]
View ArticleBy: Writing simply: language choices for the GOV.UK navigation | Government...
[...] being obviously quirky or clever and it doesn’t need to feel especially weighty or governmental. It needs to get out of the way and get you where you need to go. We’re aiming for a sort of ‘web...
View ArticleBy: Radiating Information | Government Digital Service
[...] GDS, you will repeatedly hear that meeting user needs is the defining principle behind GOV.UK. There are a number of data sources that help us design and iterate the products we are building, [...]
View ArticleBy: Wired Canvas
I am really impressed by the new .gov.uk site - it is such a shock to see a government website that (as well as being functional) is also beautiful. Good work guys.
View ArticleBy: jasonlower
I would just like to echo what Wired Canvas said. A big improvement on the existing Government websites.
View ArticleBy: Precious Snowflakes « Microformats & the semanantic web
[...] feels like some kind of Orwellian nightmare: the relentless focus on user needs leading to a future of identikit pages, with no individuality, no character, no clue that behind [...]
View ArticleBy: Jeremy Tomlinson
Hi, I'd be really interested in what the "667 of the most common and important mainstream user needs" are. Great site though, I've been following for some time but have been meaning to re-read this...
View ArticleBy: Bank Holiday story – is it really simpler, clearer, faster? | Government...
[...] talks a lot about meeting user needs as the defining principle behind GOV.UK, and, of course, one of GDS’s design principles is to [...]
View ArticleBy: What’s up GOV? « Binary Law
[...] intention of the new sites is explained by Mike Bracken of GDS (at alpha stage back in January 2012). Compared to Directgov and BusinessLink, GOV.UK addresses [...]
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