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Old 10-03-2007, 09:23 PM
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The Garda website truly is a shame, and one of the least accesible sites Around.

(NOTE: The Uk and US cop sites aren't that impressive either. Weird huh.)
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(NOTE: The Uk and US cop sites aren't that impressive either. Weird huh.)
I was just looking at that too, not impressive at all. Must be something to do with the lack of an I.T budget.
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For the moment I am pretty disgusted with the Official Garda Website. Needs a serious face lift and at least an update on their missing persons section.
Decided to blog about it. Not only does it need a facelift, it is also probably not following numerous EU guidelines for IT accessibility.

For now, I am going to resign myself a breathalyser test each time I drive to work for the next month

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Nice blog entry. I wonder if they accept pro-bono work?
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Always worth a shot
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Do Web designers not have mortgages too? What's this 'pro-bono' trend all about? Our industry has been cheapened and devalued enough as it is.
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Ah sure its just a hobby really. My nephew does web stuff. But i understand you want to make a living out of it so if you do this i guarantee you will get a lot of exposure out of it.
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I haven't seen a "trend", but since I don't believe revamping (very simply) the site would take a large amount of time I think it's a pity that it is still so dire.
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Would be great exposure for someone to re-work their site as a donation. Publicity in the papers at least for anyone looking for clients.
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They can easily afford to pay someone to do it properly

As Niall's post points out, it's probably in violation of the Govt's own usability / accessibility guidelines and is truly horrendous to use
I wouldn't mind if it was an SME's site, but this is the bloody government!

It seems to be a trend... Can anyone work out what the hell the navigation menu on the defence forces' site is doing?

The Irish Defence Forces

They've also linked the bloody logo to a non-existent page!
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