Some other great captures: - There is no heading structure (lots of divs and spans) - There's no skip to content link and no basic landmarks (elements with roles like header, nav, main, footer, etc.) - "America by Design" logo is announced as "America First Legal logo" bsky.app/profile/mich...
Why is it that this site looks like it's Apple? Well, some might argue it's because Apple design is visually stunning. Sure, that's fine. I think it's more likely they asked AI to make them a site that looks like Apple, or is "beautiful" and the model determined this is what the outcome would be
There are parts of this site that don't immediately fail. Not a lot, mind you. They did a terrible job. But despite this regimes antagonist view of disability and accessibility, they will make some things accessible without realizing they are. Because accessibility is better for usability.
FYI, The American government already had a digital services team that did actually good work, 18F. They were impacted by DOGE's cuts, and now we are being told this America by Design thing is better? Bullshit. Find them at @alt18f.bsky.social and read about what happened 18f.org
“America First Legal Foundation (AFL) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit conservative public interest organization founded in 2021 by Stephen Miller.” Did… did they crib web templates from Stephen fucking Miller?
Good lord, that’s embarrassing and infuriating