July 17, 2024 - Updates, priorities of the week

Back to GC Web Priorities Meetings - Réunions des Priorités Web du GC

Meeting information

Agenda

1. Updates

2. Roundtable

Notes and action item

Updates

Principal Publisher

• Successful implementation of new search solutions
• Departments won’t see a difference in functionality or appearance but results will hopefully improve
• If you have any issues, send us a ticket and we will look into it: Request form for Principal publisher (portal.gc.ca)

CDS - Abdul Aminu - GC Design System Roadmap

• Roadmap document

• Q1:
  • Focused on product growth, research and engagement for Q1
  • Have begun testing on Canada.ca managed web service (AEM) and Drupal with encouraging results so far
  • Researching pain points, how can we make this easier to use
• For Q2
  • We’ve received feedback that templates are really important so we’re making templates in Figma library as well as in code
  • Working with DTO to resolve any conflicting styles with Canada.ca mandatory elements
• Q3:
  • Improving integration with design.canada.ca, working with DTO team

• Q4:
  • Aiming for Beta or full release
  • Standardized process to integrate with AEM and Drupal
  • 5 completed research studies throughout the year
• Links for Figma:
  • English: https://www.figma.com/design/mh2maMG2NBtk41k1O1UGHV/GC-Design-System?node-id=4-1006&t=gYX1714XJGqS9g7A-0
  • French: https://www.figma.com/design/o4SguSZdar2CCFzSkWNrmB/Syst%C3%A8me-de-design-GC?node-id=226-31997&t=48XQgoluEM1pXFFW-0

FAQs and accessibility - Chad F - CRA

• NIVIDIA and JAWS are the most used accessibility screen readers
• The way they both read aloud FAQs to readers is an expletive
• This is another reason to not use FAQs
• More info about avoiding FAQs: https://blog.canada.ca/2020/05/25/avoiding-faqs.html