GOV.UK - a truly open and collaborative platform
...downloaded the code for that particular page from our open source code repository, and then corrected the code and uploaded the changes to GitHub. He submitted a pull request (ie...
GOV.UK
Posts about the development and iteration of the GOV.UK website. You can find more information for GOV.UK publishers on the Inside GOV.UK blog.
Martha Lane Fox and Tom Loosemore on BBC News
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The Digital Engagement Team, Posted on:
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Digital engagement, GDS team, GOV.UK
The Government's Digital Champion, Martha Lane Fox and Tom Loosemore, who is leading on the development of this phase of GOV.UK, were invited on to BBC News today to introduce...
GOV.UK beta day 1- your feedback acted upon
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Richard Pope - former Product Manager for GOV.UK, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GOV.UK, User research
...Open Government License.Thanks to @harrym for suggesting this. 4. We’ve fixed errors related to kml (which is for location and mapping) 5. We’ve updated the copy on the inheritance quick...
Introducing the beta of GOV.UK
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Tom Loosemore - former Deputy Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team, GOV.UK
...Mike Bracken, HMG Executive Director for Digital said, our aim is to deliver simpler, clearer, faster services for users and savings and innovation for Government. This journey started with Martha...
This is why we are here
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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GDS team, GOV.UK
We have released the beta of GOV.UK, testing a simpler way to get to government services and information… The beta of GOV.UK is now live. Back in late summer last...
Using search data to meet user needs
...get relevant results even with the “wrong” search term. On Directgov when a user searches for license they will get results for licence and the term ‘unemployment benefit’ returns Jobseekers’...
What does "Google is the homepage" mean in real life?
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Ben Terrett - former Director of Design, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Content design, GOV.UK, Transformation
Back in April last year the Alpha.gov.uk team talked about Google being the homepage*: "Since for the vast majority of people their web journeys (finding out the date of the next bank-holiday, or reporting a lost passport) start with a …
The mobile question: Responsive Design
...the remote control for your life. We’re now seeing around 9% of visits to Directgov coming via a mobile device and we’ll see over 2 million visits to the mobile...
Browsers we support and why
...per the Government’s own guidelines. Not all browsers will render web pages in the same way, often there is a marked difference between browsers in the way that they handle...
My Reflections on UKGovCamp 2012
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Mike Bracken - former Executive Director, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Digital engagement, GDS team, GOV.UK
...within Whitehall but beyond. Martin Howitt reflects in his blog that “The Government Digital Service used to be us. Now it's them.” I am not happy with that definition. The...
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