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I'm not sure what I'm supposed to get from looking at gov.uk. For me, it was a negative experience, and I'm glad it's not used in the US.



It might be a negative experience for you but I believe sacrificing elegance in favour of accessibility is a fair trade to make when building something that will be used by a diverse group of people.

Accessible design is good design. Everything we build should be as inclusive, legible and readable as possible. If we have to sacrifice elegance - so be it. We’re building for needs, not audiences. We’re designing for the whole country, not just the ones who are used to using the web. The people who most need our services are often the people who find them hardest to use. Let’s think about those people from the start.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/government-design-principles#thi...

In my personal experience however, using gov.uk has being a mostly pleasant experience and don't much care for opinionated "elegant" design.




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