> > On 10/27/2009 08:35 AM, Manvendra Bhangui wrote: > >> http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/10/whitehouse-switch-drupal-opensource.html >> >> > As I read through this and then visited whitehouse.gov (which looks pretty > slick btw), I wondered what powers our own Government websites. A quick > google gave me this listing: > > http://goidirectory.nic.in/welcome.asp > > ...and I cringed a bit on visiting each of those websites. Why do our > government websites look like something created in the early '90s by a > teenager who just learned to code html ? ...complete with the Indian > tricolor as bullet icons and the <blink> tag ?? > > http://presidentofindia.nic.in/ > > ...or why do we have the disclaimer "Best viewed with IE 5 & above 800x600 > resolution" ... > > http://pmindia.nic.in/ > > Seriously ! This is depressing. Bad web site design, IMHO, is even sadder > than the possibility that it runs on proprietary software. >
Having website is itself big achievement for us. lets not talk about whether its proprietary or open source. our government should upgrade to latest technology (whether proprietory or foss) atleast to serve people better. > > I wondered if someone (possibly someone in the media ?) could use the > whitehouse.gov news to ask questions about what process governs the sad > quality of our government websites ? > good that you worry about the quality of government websites. i think government is worrying about people (not sure) > Anyways, after venting a bit I decided to explore as much as possible > myself and came across this ... > http://indiaimage.nic.in/ > > Which ... > """ > ...is a popular programme of NIC with an objective to facilitate the > establishment of a firm presence of Indian Government entities on the World > Wide Web. > """ > > ...and has a nice big banner directing one to the "Guidelines for Indian > Government Websites" which purports to .... > > """ > ...ensure that Indian Government websites, belonging to any constituent of > the Government, at any level, are citizen centric and visitor friendly. > """ > > Well, to obtain the guidelines, one has to register with the site. I > did(*), and I am still waiting for my login to be activated. > glad you had the experience as that of offline. i think there is no difference. > So, to summarize, we do have a set of guidelines, which are at least in > theory available on registration with the associated website. However, > inspite of that NIC still thinks the <blink> tag is a good idea ! > <sarcasm> Mera Bharath Mahan !</sarcasm> > > Seriously though, is there a way to channelize this disappointment in a > constructive manner(+) ? Comments/ideas/opinions ? > > http://pgportal.gov.in/ - you can file your disappointments. - balachandar muruganantham உலகம்.net - இலவச தமிழ் வலைப்பதிவுச் சேவை - http://ulagam.net எனது தமிழ் பக்கங்கள் - http://www.balachandar.net/pakkangal Beyond Work - http://beyondwork.wordpress.com/ "கண்ணுடைய ரென்பவர் கற்றோர் முகத்திரண்டு புண்ணுடையர் கல்லா தவர். " - குறள் எண் : 393 _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
