Why do government run websites suck so hard? Pic related.

What would you rather want? A web 2.0 JavaScript/Nodejs disaster?

>>56043501
>gets the job done
>no external dependencies
>no bullshit javascript

That website does a lot of things right

Literally nothing wrong with that site

>>56043501
Because they need to be stable, work everywhere, have no reason to look good, and be written by whoever asks for the smallest payment

>>56043528
>was trying to find a RHEL hardening guide
>select RHEL 7 in the drop down box
>click search
>error page comes up

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>>56043522

Something that looks like this.

Evidently they have someone who knows how to design a website.

>>56043501
More sites need to be like this.

>>56043573
There's a difference between simple/clean design and hideous 90s web shit

http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/

>>56043560
>muh handheld device compatibility
Literally half the screen is empty space, fucking retarded

Someone post Somalia's govt website lmfao

>>56043668
quoting from bettermotherfuckingwebsite

>If your text hits the side of the browser, fuck off forever. You ever see a book like that? Yes? What a shitty book.

I dare you to View Source
http://www.somaligov.net

>>56043683
I've never seen a book with half the page being empty space either. Borders != huge white bars

Have you ever seen government powerpoint slides?
They make your eyes bleed.

>>56043711
>He's never seen a book with a page intentionally left blank

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>>56043711
But at the same time you want to avoid this, no?

>>56043696
>http://www.somaligov.net
Is the website fucking generated with javascript?

I don't understand the shit I'm looking at.

http://www.somaligov.net/widgets/staticlogo1.js

the fux

Hahaha also try scrolling with the element inspector open looking at the logo.

Is this a troll site? It doesn't have the legit URL.

>>56043830
>Is this a troll site? It doesn't have the legit URL.

Googling found me this:

http://www.somaligovernment.org/

Looks just as shitty as the other one.

Because the people that work in the government are usually the most incompetent programmers out of university. Anybody with any ambition ends up going into private sector because there is just more going on. People who generally do bad in college/university, write shit code that is just enough to pass, etc. go into government because it is a stagnant area where there is no growth or progression and you can easily get by by doing the minimum possible.

Ive seen this time and time again with people in my class who write shitty spaghetti code that doesnt work yet somehow gets a pass, when I ask them where they want to work its almost either "the government" or "business".

nothing wrong with that website

>>56043501
nothing wrong on that site. i hate it when sites get "upgraded" to javascript html nodejs shit that they dont really even need.

>>56043851
>http://www.somaligovernment.org/
Looking at the source it seems exponentially better.

I feel like I'm witnessing evolution first hand.

It still bugs me that they use inline css with EVERY FUCKING TAG.

>>56043830
Don't forget, b64 on all images

>>56043683
Why can't you resize your browser?

>>56043683
i actually like it when sites use all available space in the browser window. empty space is wasted space.

>>56043956
b64?

I don't know what the fuck I'm even looking at. I can't comprehend why it's so shitty, why are the links so huge.

Maybe it's because it's late or I'm sick buyt the source makes me queezy.

>>56043501
site is good.
you don't know what is good.

the britbong government website is a work of art. Its functional and it looks great

>>56043501
This is a good site.

>>56043560
This is an attractive site

Appearance =/= Performance

>>56043668
>FHD & QHD screens
>every website has shit whitebars
why live

>>56043877
>or "business".
thats a private sector, you fug

>>56043501
Because it costs money to remake the site.

Couple dozen millions on contractors. That money could instead be spent well on doing real research and work.

>>56043501
that looks better than 99% of the websites on the web

web 2.0 era ruined the internet

But that is a good website, you dumb memester piece of shit.

>wanting needless javascript and css up the ass
It's not a social media site designed to get people hooked so they can sell your data to advertisers trying to figure out how to brainwash you and take your money

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I'd rather have that over the shitty tablet-oriented font-size:72pp; javascript-infested parallax bullshit crapsites we hava now.

>>56043501
Because it's the same keyboard jockeys who made all of the ADLS classes and they are just following an SOP trying to code.

Because there are people who ironically keep voting for politicians who insist government can't do anything right.

>>56043560
>shadows
>~50% blank space
>blinding white background
This is objective much worse that OP's screen shot.

>>56043620
No

>>56046752
Only retards full screen their browsers to read text and only retards think writing anything from edge to edge is a good idea. You idiots are complaining when the reality is you're doing it wrong.

>>56046962
>Only retards like things I don't like

>>56043749
Resize your browser window, dipshit.

>>56043501
90's NASA was great like this. I could find where I needed to go without wading through images fucking everywhere. They now pander to the lowest common denominator AKA (You)

>>56046962
OP's website works no matter what size your browser is.

I don't like the colour scheme and small paddings, but other than that it's near perfect.

also
>>56043620

>>56043749
>some German motherfucker
kek'd

>>56043749
link?

>>56043679
>dat page visit count

Forgot those even existed

Nonfree javascript code.

>>56043711
You also have never seen a book with a font size of 2 or with 2 meter width pages.

Governments have taste, unlike modern javascript kiddies

>>56045925
please
that money is spent anyway
just another, same shit website is made
by a company whos CEO is some friend of some politican

yup

>>56044058
This guy gets it

>>56043501
That site is really nice

Soothes my autism

Most government websites are north of 20 years old at this point, so you can't expect them to adhere to modern design standards.
I'm actually rebuilding government web applications right now at work. We're scrapping the entire thing.

>>56048195
http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/

>>56049343
http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/

>>56046506
css is great though

import bootstrap

inie meenie miny moe a google font

>another days hard work finished

>>56043620
They could use some sans-serif. It's only just 23 bytes of CSS added to the header.

font-family:sans-serif;

>>56043711
Who the fuck wants to read huge ass lines of text on a 1440p monitor.

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>>56044058
norge.no is pretty good too

>>56043749
>fuck fuck shit fuck motherfucker
am i funny yet

>>56051066
buttons too large

Italian gov has a website for all teachers from grade to high school to log into, set up online student records (which overrule the paper records kept at schools) and get their work mail on.

Up until 2 years ago it used to mail back lost passwords as plaintext to its users. No clue if anyone ever fixed that.

>>56051066
Nice mobile shitpage, cod-eating cunt

>>56043501
web designers are nonessential when you are not selling stuff to people.

If people are obligated to use government sites, what's the fucking point on making them easy to use?

Just shovel the information like a dictionary, it's the user's problem to figure out what to do.

>>56049412
motherfuckingwebsite reads much better on a phone.
That one has too big fontsize and too much wasted spacing.

>>56043560
Dosen't look governmenty enough.