Same name, new ambitions
Same name, new ambitions
A new chapter begins. We unveil the name and vision for the new digital centre for government.
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...
Hosting the beta of GOV.UK
Design rules are the basis for every decision we have made in the development of the beta of GOV.UK and hosting is no exception. The key design rule is not to be locked in to a single supplier and to …
User testing accessibility
...– both able-bodied and disabled – has focussed our efforts on not just whether our code validates or the colour contrast is good enough but that formats work for all...
Sonal Shah and Innovation in the US Govt
...the social enterprise club but there are courses on social enterprises The lecture was followed by a lively question and answer session chaired by Justin Webb from the BBC, and...
Ben Terrett on designing GOV.UK
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Ben Terrett - former Director of Design, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Categories:
Content design, GOV.UK
...knew something had to be done. Kinnear and Calvert proposed one consistent system. One designed with the clarity of information as it's goal. From then on Britain had a solution...
Quantitative testing Betagov content and layout
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Nick Breeze - Lead User Researcher, Government Digital Service, Posted on:
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Categories:
Content design, Data, GOV.UK
I am Nick Breeze, one of the Senior Insight Managers at GDS and I work in the team responsible for testing content being developed for gov.uk. Recently we completed quantitative usability testing to compare the performance of content and layout …
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