Gov.uk

I am staggered that Government's new website Gov.uk has won the Design of the Year award. I used to give my own award for good webpage design and Gov.uk wouldn't have won it. Okay, it avoids a lot of the silly things I find irritating on poor websites, like error messages, scrolling graphics, unreadable grey-on-grey text, minuscule fonts and general lack of consideration for the user, but it is still weak and uninspiring (CLICK). I guess the judges don't often encounter web design (CLICK).