USWDS-Site - Feature: Add "Show all" link under Showcase sites on homepage

[jaclinec]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

During top tasks usability testing 🔒, users had difficulty finding the entire showcase list of sites that use USWDS. It was easy for them to find the showcase sites on our homepage, but not the whole list.

Describe the solution you'd like

Add a "Show all" or similar link directly under the showcase that takes users to the full list of sites.

Describe alternatives you've considered

No response

Additional context

To give more context on how to prioritize the new issues and feature requests that came out of top task testing, here's the full list of issues divided into 3 buckets and in order of priority (though it is somewhat flexible):

Low lift recommendations:

• Implement better synonym searching in the component search function. #2724
• Make design kits stand out more on the page and consider offering access to the kits in more visible places on the site (such as the homepage). #2723
• Provide a “Show all” link near the showcase list on the homepage that takes users to the entire list of sites that use USWDS. #2725
• Change the names of the step indicator and in-page navigation components to better match user expectations. #2728
• Link to form-related components (like step indicator) from the form component page (better cross-linking in general) #2729
• Indent subgroups in the left navigation. #2730
• Consider putting “References” at the very bottom of the component page (see data visualizations page). #2732
• Make the language selector preview have dark text with white background. (need to discuss before creating issue)
• Make the icons above the components, patterns, templates, etc. on the homepage clickable. #2734

Medium lift recommendations:

• Offer component previews on the components page. #2736
• Provide a glossary of definitions of heading labels (patterns, components etc.). (First we need to create a glossary component (see proposal discussion). Then we can address adding it to USWDS site.)
• Provide more context around showcase sites that use USWDS. #2737

High lift recommendations:

• Consider how we might reorganize the information architecture to better match users’ mental models of how information should be grouped and found. #2738

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[finekatie]

Hi all. Came across this issue while searching for something else. Would like to consider the language for this link. Is "Show all" a11y-friendly language for people with visual impairments? Wondering what else we might say to take users to the Showcase page. @amycole501 / @alex-hull would love your feedback. If "show" is appropriate, then I'm good.

[alex-hull]

Oooh, interesting question, @finekatie. I think what we have heard previously is that using language like, "see you later" is typically ok in the blind and low vision populations. However, I would be more concerned with what "show all" is referring to for someone with a cognitive disability. They may need more context as to what is being shown. Maybe something like "show/display all resources"? cc: @amycole501

[amycole501]

I agree with Alex. "Show all" isn't going to offend the visually impaired community by and large based on the conversations I've had with many low vision and blind individuals. However, I also agree that "show all" can be ambiguous (I've felt it to be that way on some sites). Being as clear and unambiguous as possible will help everyone.

[jaclinec]

I wanted to chime in. I've read in a few places and also recently attended a talk at the AccessU conference about using certain terminology with blind and low vision folks. The talk I went to, "Straight talk: What Disabled Users Want you to Know When Designing Your Product" basically took the stance that you should use common terminology - its ok and preferred to use terms like “see a person”, “watch a movie”, “read a book," because people in the blind and low vision community use those terms too. They basically said "don’t make it weird" which I thought was funny but also insightful.

Totally open to using other terms than "Show all" if it makes it clearer, though. Like "View full list of sites that use USWDS" or something similar?

[amycole501]

I've heard the same thing as Jacline for many years. Just use whatever terminology is common and clear.