Thursday, January 19, 2012
Shenanigans / Internetz BREAKING: CITY REVAMPS WEBSITE, TAKES FUTURE IN OWN HANDS
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 4:43 PM
- atlantaga.gov
- There are actual sparkles on 'Atlanta'
On first glimpse the new website's a little more organized. And on some browsers you can probably watch Atlanta City Council meetings and other public programming without launching a new window. But we're gonna have to give it a closer look to be sure it's not just a facelift.
Notice any cool features or bugs? Let us know in the comments.
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I'm unimpressed with the way that some of the drop-down navigation menus are uselessly trapped behind the embedded videos of the Newsroom page.
http://atlantaga.gov/index.aspx?page=630
I'm also a little disturbed that they're highlighting Krispy Kreme doughnuts a great activity for kids:
http://atlantaga.gov/index.aspx?page=620
Otherwise, it's a solid improvement over the look of the prior site. Honestly, municipal websites have always been pretty awful. For instance, you'd think that with a city of tech-savvy hipsters at its disposal, Portland would have a kick-ass site. You'd be wrong:
http://www.portlandonline.com/
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Interesting that crime stats aren't on the front page anymore. Also, the mayor's calendar is empty.
That's quite nice actually.
And I don't think it's just a facelift: The Department of Solid Waste Services (which is the most recently thing I visited on the old site) seems to be differently (and better) arranged now.
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