Author Archives: JessN

Good news on IE6: government usage plummets in 2012

Posted on May 3, 2012 by JessN

Almost a year ago, we published some interesting browser statistics based on the logs from one of our Central Government Citizen Space servers.  We ran the logs through a piece of open source analysis software called Visitors, and this gave … Continue reading →

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“A better sense of place” – using geo-tools in consultations for searching and sharing (developer playtime)

Posted on September 29, 2011 by JessN

I’ve recently spent some time playing with the idea of associating Citizen Space consultations with a geographic location. We already do this to some extent.  Consultations can be associated with one or more local wards or areas, so that visitors … Continue reading →

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Opening up the Citizen Space consultation Aggregator

Posted on July 27, 2011 by JessN

Earlier this year we launched our consultation Aggregator, and put a demonstration site online.  This combines all our clients’ consultations running on Delib’s Citizen Space software into a single, searchable hub.  We were very pleased with this demo, and its … Continue reading →

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Stakeholder database for a fiver: a step-by-step walkthrough

Posted on June 23, 2011 by JessN

Earlier this month, Chris blogged about adding a Stakeholder Database to your consultation for $5, by making use of Campaign Monitor‘s opt-in email service. I have to confess I was dubious.  As a developer, my initial reaction to this kind … Continue reading →

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IE6 – the facts: 1 in 3 of our government clients still using it

Posted on June 22, 2011 by JessN

We spend a lot of development time ensuring that our software is usable across all the commonly used web browsers.  A disproportionate amount of this time is spent ensuring compliance with Microsoft’s archaic Internet Explorer 6 (IE6), which is 10 … Continue reading →

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What is consultations.gov.uk?

Posted on June 13, 2011 by JessN

I was Googling ‘Online Consultation’ today, and came across consultations.gov.uk referenced in a Wikipedia article.  It’s down. Anyone know what it is, or what it was?  Seems like a waste of a good domain name to me.

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