USWDS: The United States Web Design System

Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by dflock on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @02:02PM (#30846200)

That's the Ruby/Rails components, mostly.

The Design System is here: https://design-system.service.gov.uk/get-started/

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by ChrisArchitect on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @02:43PM (#30846705)

https://design-system.service.gov.uk/components/

where did you get that other url

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by guilhermeasg on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @03:47PM (#30847469)

Just did a quick search on GitHub. Turns out the one I picked is from the DfE org:

https://github.com/DFE-Digital/govuk-components

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by mardifoufs on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @01:42PM (#30845920)

Wait why is the UK gov using a netlify.app link? I'm not a web dev so I'm not sure if that's common or more convenient

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by ChrisArchitect on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @02:45PM (#30846718)

They're not, dunno where that other link came from but it's not the official. Sneaky

https://design-system.service.gov.uk/components/

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by petepete on Thursday March 31, 2022 @07:07AM (#30865864)

This is my side project, I'm a dev currently contracting at DfE. This library and the form builder[0] make working with the design system easier for Rails devs.

[0] https://govuk-form-builder.netlify.app/

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by lloydatkinson on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @01:56PM (#30846109)

Well, why not? It's a great host with a whole bunch of features you'd have to invent yourself otherwise like feature branch previews. It's a static site/documentation site afterall.

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by jrochkind1 on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @02:02PM (#30846202)

If I wanted to appear/be professional/institutional/official I'd use a custom domain though. Which i assume netlify supports, let's look... sure https://docs.netlify.com/domains-https/custom-domains/

In this case to a proper government domain... aha, I bet there's some policy against pointing .gov.uk hostnames to a third-party platform?

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by sodality2 on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @02:21PM (#30846457)

>In this case to a proper government domain... aha, I bet there's some policy against pointing .gov.uk hostnames to a third-party platform?

Some guidance that might be relevant: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/use-your-govuk-domain-name?step-...

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by jrochkind1 on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @03:23PM (#30847177)

Doesn't seem to rule out using a .gov.uk domain name for something hosted on netlify.

I agree it looks cheesy and makes me wonder if it's really official government documetnation, without a .gov.uk hostname (and SSL cert, naturally).

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by petepete on Thursday March 31, 2022 @08:04AM (#30866247)

It's my side project and definitely not official. It's a library aimed at making it easy to use the official components[0] Rails-friendly.

[0] https://design-system.service.gov.uk/components/

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by swyx on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @12:45AM (#30851562)

former netlify employee here. all sites on netlify have a netlify subdomain, that doesnt go away when you add a custom domain. its just useful for deploy previews and stuff, content is basically the same. nothing untoward here

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by jrochkind1 on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @08:13AM (#30854056)

I think we're misunderstanding each other. I'd expect an official UK government site hosted on netlify to have a custom .gov.uk domain and to use that to refer to the site. Same as most large commercial enterprises probably do, right? Instead of using the netlify subdomain as the public host.

Am I misunderstanding something?

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by dimitrisnl on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @02:16PM (#30846370)

I believe it's about not using their domain as whole.

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by systemvoltage on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @01:51PM (#30846047)

I am not a fan of Gov UK framework. For once, the banner takes up 50% of the space on my mobile browser.

All design elements and controls are excessively large and bloated. Negative space is liberally applied everywhere.

USWDS strikes a good balance.

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by a2128 on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @07:17PM (#30849569)

You have to remember who this is being designed for - citizens wanting to use government services, who may not necessarily have great eyesight, great computer literacy or even literacy in general.

The last thing you should ever want is for someone to fail to apply for welfare benefits because they were overwhelmed by the website design.

I agree that the cookie banner could be smaller though.

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Re:USWDS: The United States Web Design System by systemvoltage on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @08:08PM (#30849988)

Yes, and USWDS does it without being bloated. Far more usable IMO.

There is room for well designed, compact UI that is also accessible. It is not that strict of a trade-off as you suggest.

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