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Doing the hard work to make it simple

Posted by: Henry Charge, Posted on: 7 August 2014 - Categories: Experimental

...difficult is where they input the details of their previous jobs. In particular, the start and end dates of those jobs. The majority of our users have just left school...

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Exploring validation messages

Posted by: Amy Whitney, Posted on: 14 November 2013 - Categories: Likely to change

This is a recent pattern we’ve started using on GOV.UK Mainstream for error messages when the user hasn’t entered their details correctly, or at all. Errors are first grouped at the top of the page in a summary and then …

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