gc-proto/design-refresh

Issues

• Do we need to include the date modified on so many pages?

  #34 opened 3 years ago by patlaj
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• Is it a problem to use custom fonts on some content (e.g. promo/campaign)?

  #17 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Overall impressions of the designs

  #36 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Trends in existing (especially gov) design systems we can learn from

  #33 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
  3

• Scope of disabilities in Canada

  #35 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Skip-ink link style can make underlined text easier to read for people with dyslexia

  #47 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• We can't use the Canada wordmark instead of the gc sig in the upper left

  #12 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• The Canada wordmark is a clearer signal as a "Home" link than the GC signature

  #20 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Global navigation

  #38 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Footer and its key elements

  #42 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Header and its key elements

  #41 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Overall design work to address issues identified (All)

  #46 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Colour scheme

  #45 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Element placement on the grid (including typography)

  #44 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Breadcrumb

  #43 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Element placement on the grid (including typography)

  #39 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Typography

  #40 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Noto Sans does better than Open Sans in the Il1 test

  #22 opened 6 years ago by pcwsmith
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• How global navigation is used

  #27 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Current Canada.ca typography is too small and not visually pleasing.

  #4 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Current design lets you remove the global search if needed on particular pages (like usability theme could)

  #9 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Reasons people don't want to use the megamenu

  #1 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Reasons why people don't want to use the common look and IA

  #2 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• List of sites that are avoiding the common look

  #3 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• There's no strong usability guideline for sans serif vs. serif fonts

  #23 opened 6 years ago by pcwsmith
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• People want to use different fonts from the default helvetica, arial

  #19 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Noto type family looks like a reasonable choice

  #29 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Sans serif isn't necessarily seen as more modern and simple

  #24 opened 6 years ago by pcwsmith
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• Known issues with the current grid system

  #16 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
  14

• We can devise a breadcrumb pattern that is effective and takes less space

  #11 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• All services traffic stats

  #18 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• The colour variants we need to design to support typical use on Canada.ca

  #30 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Wrapper variants for transactional apps (CDTS) have opportunities for testing and refinement

  #13 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• The temporary menu colour change in late April didn't seem to have any effect (Analytics)

  #26 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• There is evidence to support more white space in the overall typography

  #6 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Basic Canada-wide demographic and usage stats acquired

  #25 opened 6 years ago by pcwsmith
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• Are there significant differences between desktop and mobile use of the menus?

  #31 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• What searches follow "other" or "- More" links?

  #7 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Many flagship govt websites use a black or white header - why is this?

  #32 opened 6 years ago by pcwsmith
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• wrapper variants for arms length - what are the options here?

  #15 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Testing to see if this stays in the kanban even if it's closed

  #28 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• grids/whitespace: many pages have awk "holes" in their layouts - heard complaints from stakeholders. But is this an issue for people being able to use the pages.

  #10 opened 6 years ago by pcwsmith
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• Can we use the Canada wordmark at the top of webpages and as the home link?

  #21 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Are there specific pages where people are more likely to use the megamenu?

  #8 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
  1

• wrapper variants for collections/specialized search apps - how could (or should) these be different from wrappers for transactional apps?

  #14 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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• Create a design brief to describe what the design should accomplish, with supporting evidence

  #5 opened 6 years ago by patlaj
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