Both `<button type='submit'>Submit<button>` and
`<input type='submit' value='Submit'>` can be used to submit a form.
We have historically[1] used `<input>` because it’s better-supported by
IE6 in that:
- the `submit` attribute is mandatory on `<button>`, not on `<input>`
- the `innerHTML` of a button will be submitted to the server, not the
value (as in other browsers)
Reasons to now use `<button>` instead:
- IE6/7 support is no longer a concern (especially with deprecation of
TLS 1.0 on the way)
- Because an `<input>` element can’t have children, the pseudo-element
hack[2] used to ensure the top edge of the button is clickable doesn’t
work. We’re seeing this bug[3] affect real users in research.
1. We inhereted our buttons from Digital Marketplace, here is me making
that change in their code: 8df7e2e79e (diff-b1420f7b7a25657d849edf90a70ef541)
2. 24e1906c0d (diff-ef0e4eb6f1e90b44b0c3fe39dce274a4R79)
3. https://github.com/alphagov/govuk_elements/issues/545
In research we saw developers having difficulty getting back to Notify once they’d
navigated to the documentation.
One way we think this might be alleviated is by keeping Notify open in the same tab,
and having the documentation open in a new tab.
It’s polite to tell users that this is going to happen.
`rel=noopener` stops the site we’re redirecting people to (Github) have script
access to the orginal Notify tab (see https://mathiasbynens.github.io/rel-noopener/ )
original Notify
It’s confusing showing green ticks for cancelled invites. This commit
changes the appearance so that only pending or active users (ie those
that could actually do some damage) get green ticks.
Also fixes missing edit links caused by instances of `User` having
`.state` but instances of `InvitedUser` having `.status`.
Right now these are two separate lists. Which makes it harder to add
improvements that will make large numbers of users easier to manage.
Another thing we did for templates, when they started to get
unmanageable, was add a find-as-you type search. We’ve observed real
users interacting with this to great effect, so I think it makes sense
for users too.
Like for templates, it only shows up when there are more than 7, so that
it’s not clutter for teams who don’t have a lot of members.
Letters is now a mature enough feature that we should:
- be raising awareness amongst our users that it’s a thing we offer
- not have letters be a surprise to anyone creating a Notify account for
the first time
Shouldn’t be merged until:
- [ ] https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-api/pull/1600
* ESFA IDAMS – Department for Education
* SRFT Care Call – Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
* Data Statistics – Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
* Home Office Atlas – Home Office
* Bracknell Forest Council - Waste & Recycling – Bracknell Forest Council
It’s ‘per month’ – ‘a month’ is a colloquialism.
Large numbers should be chunked using commas; ‘20,000’ already is, this commit makes ‘1000’ consistent.
Users can choose whether to have these features on or off now. And
a platform admin can still use the same controls to switch the features
on or off on behalf of a user. There’s no need for the separate buttons.
Our support ticket analysis shows that the most common action request
after going live is turning on letters.
We just do this for any team that requests it – there’s no gatekeeping.
So we should just allow people to make the change themselves.
This will be a better experience for our users, and less work for us.
The design of the page replicates roughly what we have for international
text messaging.
One of the things that came out of the support analysis was that people
were asking how much inbound SMS costs. There wasn’t a significant
volume of these requests, but the fix seems low-effort and
non-disruptive enough that we should do it.
Content by Thom.
We’ve seen people come back to this page once signed in and be confused what it’s for and how they get back to Notify.
The best way to avoid confusion is (we think) getting people to close this tab.
* Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs – DAERA Assisted Digital
* The National Archives – The National Archives
* Falkirk Council – My Falkirk
* Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government – MHCLG
When we first made this form you couldn’t send one off messages with
Notify. It’s interesting to us because it might help identity teams who
would benefit from email auth, or other features that we build in the
future for caseworkers.
Spreadsheets start at row 1 (the header row), and the values don’t start
until row 2. The row numbers in our URLs start at 0, which is a concept
that only makes sense to programmers.
It’s more predictable and consistent to make the number in the URL match
the row number displayed on the page when previewing the spreadsheet.
We’ve heard from some users, especially those sending letters, that
they’d like to check that a spreadsheet they’ve uploaded has populated
the template correctly.
My reckon is that seeing just one row of the spreadsheet populate the
template isn’t enough to give people confidence that everything’s
working properly.
This commit adds links to all but the currently-previewed row. Clicking
that link will populate the preview with values from that row. These
pages already exist; they were created in this PR:
https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-admin/pull/1696
