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Last post: 2 years, 1 month ago | Thread started: May 11, 11, 5:50 p.m.

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• raf

  Alpha.gov.uk is an experimental prototype (an 'alpha') of a new, single website for UK Government, developed in line with the recommendations of Martha Lane Fox's Review.

  The site is a demonstration, and whilst it's public it's not permanent and is not replacing any other website.

  It's been built in three months by a small team in the Government Digital Service, part of the Cabinet Office.

  http://alpha.gov.uk/

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  Dog-earMay 12, 11, 4:44 a.m. – Permalink

• Continuity

  First thing wrong:

  Putting any semblance of important navigation (News, Departments, etc) in the footer, and not in the header. That was just a really dumb thing to do.

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 11, 4:55 a.m. – Permalink

• ukit

  Pretty bad IMO. The giant text and extra vertical space seems intended to give it that "usable" feel, but is this really a usable design for a big, data heavy site with lots of information?

  The enormous search bar is a good example - clearly they figured the most "user friendly" thing would be a massive search box that takes up half the screen and includes some patronizing text about what you can search for. It seems like all style and no substance.

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 11, 5:12 a.m. – Permalink

• zr

  So it's a shiny new thing with acres of redundancy but no apparent plans to replace any of the thousands of other UKgov websites.

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 11, 5:13 a.m. – Permalink

• zr

  Martha Lane Fox's recommendations were primarily about centralising functionality and content in one online property, namely directgov. This doesn't look like it's aligned with those ideas at all, more of an excuse to use text-shadows and rounded corners.

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 11, 5:18 a.m. – Permalink

• Horp

  What did they put this together in... Powerpoint?

  • Please don't feel you need to answer this question...– Horp1/3

    I was merely making a derogatory comment on the design elements...– Horp2/3

    seeing it as a chance to demonstrate your superior knowledge will make you look like a pedantic arse therefore.– Horp3/3

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 11, 5:18 a.m. – Permalink

• lowimpakt

  i quite like the order of the navigation.

  most people don't care about departments etc.. they need/want content that matters to them.

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 11, 5:40 a.m. – Permalink

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  Dog-earMay 13, 11, 7:05 a.m. – Permalink