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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by dmix on Thursday February 27, 2020 @02:22PM (#22436782)
The UK has long been an early adopter of proper web design for government websites.

Seeing the average Canadian gov website, and hearing stories from people who've worked on some at the federal level, makes my head hurt.

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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by frosted-flakes on Thursday February 27, 2020 @08:01PM (#22439644)
The Canadian and provincial governments are getting better though. See the OSAP (Ontario Student Assistance Program) application page, which is fully mobile and vastly simplified from the hot mess it used to be. Also, just look at https://ontario.ca in general, which is clearly inspired by Gov.UK.
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Re:Why the Gov.uk Design System team changed the input type ... by dmix on Friday February 28, 2020 @01:44PM (#22445192)
All it takes is one group to do it right and everyone wants to copy them.

Good job UK, this Ontario site looks like a semi rip-off of the gov.uk sites (which is a good thing).

Everything slowly gets better online, it just takes time.

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