Government agencies love making standards. It provides busy work for the many interns and gives the desk workers a sense of joie de vivre because they're "making a difference."
I really love the landing page. Has any landing page ever been useful at all to the end user? It's always a top priority, but on pretty much every site I've ever used it's never seen or used. Often I'll scroll all the way down just so I can get to the bottom page links that I'm actually looking for.
I wonder why this is so difficult. Everybody has seen Google's landing page. Function over form. It's really weird that "design meetings" have completely eliminated usability on the damned home page.
Having seen how bad government websites can be, the design area specifically included (including accessibility concerns) -- I do not consider providing a well-designed useable design system to government to be busy-work. At least not if it actually gets uptake.
This one is high-quality enough that if it was done by many interns, those are some really good interns.
Um yeah, but it's the government doing it so it's really important that we all react with scorn and derision, because we're all such bold iconoclasts you see.
>Everybody has seen Google's landing page. Function over form.
My favorite thing about google's home page is having their elaborate doodles load just as I'm about to tap on the search box, leading me to an unintended search. Function over form at its finest.
I've resorted to bookmarking an empty search results page.
I know everyone has their own workflow, but I'm still surprised anyone actually goes to Google's home page anymore what with their search bar being accessible from practically anywhere (browser address bar for example).
I don't remember the last time I actually went to the Google home page. What leads you there these days?
I really love the landing page. Has any landing page ever been useful at all to the end user? It's always a top priority, but on pretty much every site I've ever used it's never seen or used. Often I'll scroll all the way down just so I can get to the bottom page links that I'm actually looking for.
I wonder why this is so difficult. Everybody has seen Google's landing page. Function over form. It's really weird that "design meetings" have completely eliminated usability on the damned home page.