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Quoting usability experts Jakob Nielsen and Anna Kaley [1]: > [Opening PDF files in new tabs] is problematic, because it assumes > users will always do the exact same things with certain file formats, > which isn’t always the case. There are many examples of this situation. For example, some people (myself included) configure their browser so it downloads PDF files instead of opening them in the browser. In this situation, a new tab is opened, a blank page is displayed, the file is downloaded, and then either the tab is closed or the blank page needs to be manually closed. The end result is really annoying. Other situations include people who use a mobile phone browser, where navigating through tabs is generally much harder than doing so on a desktop browser. But IMHO the most important point is: every browser already provides a way to open "regular" links in a new tab, so people can choose what to do, but if we decide to open the link in a new tab, we take control away from them, and people who'd like to open the link in the same tab might feel frustrated. In these cases, the links either say "download" or include the word "PDF", so people know in advance that they're going to download/open a PDF file, and so we're giving them information and, by removing the `target` attribute, we're giving them control over their browser so they can choose what's convenient for them. [1] https://www.nngroup.com/articles/new-browser-windows-and-tabs
CONSUL DEMOCRACY
Citizen Participation and Open Government Application
This is the opensource code repository of the eParticipation website CONSUL DEMOCRACY, originally developed for the Madrid City government eParticipation website, and currently maintained by the open source software community in collaboration with the CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation.
Documentation
Check the ongoing documentation to learn more about how to start your own CONSUL DEMOCRACY fork, install it, customize it and learn to use it as an administrator/maintainer.
CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation and project website
You can access the main website of the project at http://consuldemocracy.org where you can find information about the use of the platform, the CONSUL DEMOCRACY Foundation, the global community of users and local partners, news, and ways to get more support or get in touch.
Configuration for development and test environments
NOTE: For more detailed instructions check the docs
Prerequisites: install git, Ruby 3.1.4, CMake, pkg-config, shared-mime-info, Node.js 18.18.2 and PostgreSQL (>=9.5).
git clone https://github.com/consuldemocracy/consuldemocracy.git
cd consuldemocracy
bin/setup
bin/rake db:dev_seed
Run the app locally:
bin/rails s
Run the tests with:
bin/rspec
You can use the default admin user from the seeds file:
user: admin@consul.dev pass: 12345678
But for some actions like voting, you will need a verified user, the seeds file also includes one:
user: verified@consul.dev pass: 12345678
Configuration for production environments
See installer
Current state
Development started on 2015 July 15th. Code was deployed to production on 2015 september 7th to decide.madrid.es. Since then new features are added often. You can take a look at the current features at the project's website and future features at the Roadmap and open issues list.
License
Code published under AFFERO GPL v3 (see LICENSE-AGPLv3.txt)
Contributions
See CONTRIBUTING.md