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Nick Kew
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[crosspost to uk.rec.cycling; relevant to very recent threads]
In article <[email protected]>,
David Marsh <[email protected]> writes:
> The new Scottish Parliament building has finally opened for business,
> and to complement the opening comes a reworking of the Parliament's
> website, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/
>
> Unfortunately, the new website is [chop - horribly broken]
Just a few days ago (earlier this month), someone posted a URL to
some material of the scottish parliament's all-party cycling group.
We (uk.rec.cycling collectively) were well-impressed with their
having presented an excellent summary of a subject (cycle helmets)
that is usually shrouded in prejudice and ignorance[1]. That URL[2]
is gone now, and the error message is useless.
I don't remember who originally posted the URLs. I can find the report,
but only because I've seen it and knew what to search for. I can't
find the page of the crossparty group responsible for that report,
either from a search or the sitemap. Whoever it was: was it originally
easy and intuitive to find, and can you find it again by a
similar process (i.e. without a search based on prior knowledge of
what to look for)?
> Smart, successful Scotland this isn't.
So it would seem.
[1] Prejudice: "you're obviously safer cycling with a helmet"
Real Life: It's not at all clear, and those countries that have
introduced compulsion have seen at best no improvement, and at
worst a marked deterioration of cycling safety.
[2] http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/crossparty/cycle-docs/helmet-legis-commentary.pdf
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Nick Kew
Nick's manifesto: http://www.htmlhelp.com/~nick/
In article <[email protected]>,
David Marsh <[email protected]> writes:
> The new Scottish Parliament building has finally opened for business,
> and to complement the opening comes a reworking of the Parliament's
> website, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/
>
> Unfortunately, the new website is [chop - horribly broken]
Just a few days ago (earlier this month), someone posted a URL to
some material of the scottish parliament's all-party cycling group.
We (uk.rec.cycling collectively) were well-impressed with their
having presented an excellent summary of a subject (cycle helmets)
that is usually shrouded in prejudice and ignorance[1]. That URL[2]
is gone now, and the error message is useless.
I don't remember who originally posted the URLs. I can find the report,
but only because I've seen it and knew what to search for. I can't
find the page of the crossparty group responsible for that report,
either from a search or the sitemap. Whoever it was: was it originally
easy and intuitive to find, and can you find it again by a
similar process (i.e. without a search based on prior knowledge of
what to look for)?
> Smart, successful Scotland this isn't.
So it would seem.
[1] Prejudice: "you're obviously safer cycling with a helmet"
Real Life: It's not at all clear, and those countries that have
introduced compulsion have seen at best no improvement, and at
worst a marked deterioration of cycling safety.
[2] http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/crossparty/cycle-docs/helmet-legis-commentary.pdf
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Nick Kew
Nick's manifesto: http://www.htmlhelp.com/~nick/