Comments on: Websites of world governments: measure of development? http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2008/03/15/websites-of-world-governments-measure-of-development/ A blog by a Brit about Web 2.0, the Internet and technology in general. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:53:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Chris at LG http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2008/03/15/websites-of-world-governments-measure-of-development/comment-page-1/#comment-268416 Chris at LG Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:38:21 +0000 http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2008/03/15/websites-of-world-governments-measure-of-development/#comment-268416 The richer a country is, the richer its government and so the more money it will have to spend on providing information, so there is that dimension. But there is also attitude - a government (or a company, or person for that matter) could have all the money in the world, yet if they treat their website as a one-way thing and ignore their audience then it's probably going to be not very good. Having a good design is not just about money but also about having the will to be truly interactive. The richer a country is, the richer its government and so the more money it will have to spend on providing information, so there is that dimension. But there is also attitude – a government (or a company, or person for that matter) could have all the money in the world, yet if they treat their website as a one-way thing and ignore their audience then it’s probably going to be not very good. Having a good design is not just about money but also about having the will to be truly interactive.

]]> By: Azhar http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2008/03/15/websites-of-world-governments-measure-of-development/comment-page-1/#comment-268039 Azhar Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:04:34 +0000 http://joeanderson.co.uk/blog/2008/03/15/websites-of-world-governments-measure-of-development/#comment-268039 Haha lol Joe, thanks for the plug :) Actually our government makes quite horrible websites. They are usually in Marathi (for our state) and nobody who has access to the internet here knows Marathi. Our websites also keep getting hacked and have irritating marquees and crappy GIFs and of course theyre slow. Useless most of the time. But I don't blame the govt. they shouldnt be putting any money into making their websites pretty just yet, they have bigger problems than that to focus on :) [The website you mentioned for disability is of course an exception. Thats doesn't look like a GOV site which is made by the Indian Gov's Web Dept. though I can't say for sure of course] Haha lol Joe, thanks for the plug :)
Actually our government makes quite horrible websites. They are usually in Marathi (for our state) and nobody who has access to the internet here knows Marathi. Our websites also keep getting hacked and have irritating marquees and crappy GIFs and of course theyre slow. Useless most of the time. But I don’t blame the govt. they shouldnt be putting any money into making their websites pretty just yet, they have bigger problems than that to focus on :)

[The website you mentioned for disability is of course an exception. Thats doesn't look like a GOV site which is made by the Indian Gov's Web Dept. though I can't say for sure of course]

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