Oliver Byford

Lead frontend developer for Digital Service Platforms / Design System at @gdsteam. Dabbles in climbing, photography and technical theatre. (He/him)

[GDS @GDSTeam]

Today is the start of Design System Day ‘23! For the next 2 days we’re gathering as a community to learn and share information about design systems that make the best public services.

🧵 Stay tuned as we'll be posting updates on this thread! If you’re attending, use #DSDay23

[Oliver Byford @36degrees]

@gingerbeardman Yep, I reached out expecting the answer to be no (if we got an answer at all!), but they very kindly came and talked to us. Always worth trying your luck a little!

[Oliver Byford @36degrees]

Wrote a blog post about an interesting Safari bug that we looked into… (*checks watch*) a little over a year ago.

https://t.co/EMYN7VgOJ8

Better late than never, I guess?

[Philip Potter @philandstuff]

In the meantime, I am looking for a new role. I'm an engineer with >10 years experience, with particular strengths in infrastructure and security engineering. I'm available from March onwards. Let me know what you have!

[Philip Potter @philandstuff]

Personal news: after 10 years, I'm leaving GDS. I've had a brilliant time here and am proud of what I and we have achieved. I'm planning to write a personal retrospective on my time here.

[Oliver Byford @36degrees]

@samsunginternet Hi! Digging in to our browser stats and wondering if you can tell me about Samsung Internet v3.3? I'd love to know when it was released and what Chromium version it's based on, if possible! v4 is the earliest version mentioned on Wikipedia.

[Oliver Byford @36degrees]

@Amy_Hupe 👀

[Oliver Byford @36degrees]

@joelanman OFFICIAL VERIFIED

Probably in center-aligned red text.

[Oliver Byford @36degrees]

Slow clap for @DandG_Support who have managed to send us 6 almost identical letters - one for each of the appliances that came with our house.

18 sheets of A4, 6 envelopes and 6 return envelopes.

Could have been an email.

#wasteofpaper

[GDS @GDSTeam]

Now in private beta, @GOVUK Forms will enable any government team to create simple, accessible digital forms in a few minutes.

For insight, read more on how we've worked with @involvencygovuk on the new forms platform: https://t.co/ZtA43E73f2

[Scott Bryan @scottygb]

Many TV guides / EPGs say that Channel 4 will be airing an episode of Naked Attraction at 10pm this evening.

However, this is not the case. Channel 4 will show a documentary called "The Queen: Mother and Monarch."

[Oliver Byford @36degrees]

(Now that I’ve actually turned the telly on, it looks like they have in fact decided to show something else.)

[Oliver Byford @36degrees]

Some interesting programming choices from Channel 4 this evening…

[Oliver Byford @36degrees]

@batbeeps I’m pretty much in the same boat – currently on Watch Series 5 + iPhone 12 Pro. Some nice improvements to the watch over the last couple of series but nothing groundbreaking and I just can’t justify upgrading yet.

[Lionesses @Lionesses]

YESSSSSSSS

[Oliver Byford @36degrees]

🫣

[Oliver Byford @36degrees]

@LNRailway Thanks, I’ll give that a go and see what happens.

[Oliver Byford @36degrees]

@LNRailway Thanks for the speedy response 👍🏻 When I apply to refund through the app it shows the £10 already deducted, so how would I go about getting a refund for the full amount?