Change project name from typeahead to autocomplete about accessible-autocomplete

[edwardhorsford]

@adamsilver what's your reasoning?

[adamsilver]

If we're going to put "accessible" in the name then why not put other things in it too:

• "well-designed-autocomplete"
• "really-good-progressively-enhanced-responsive-autocomplete"
• "fast-well-tested-autocomplete"

Accessible is one of many qualities of a well designed component. Why emphasis this one aspect?

[edwardhorsford]

Might be worth a discussion with Alice and Tim.

It being an accessible typeahead is arguably the main selling point. More than that, where there have been design dilemmas, we've erred on the side of accessibility. Some of the features we might have wanted to do we couldn't because of this.

We could go with govuk-autocomplete but we're hoping this component may be generically useful outside of government too, so not having govuk in the name may be helpful.

[NickColley]

Also need to republish the package on npm

[adamsilver]

Also don't put "Accessible" in front of it.

[tvararu]

I think accessible is great for marketing (people search for "accessible <thing>" all the time). It also makes accessibility non-negotiable, because it's right there in the name.

[adamsilver]

Fair enough. Will GDS (re)name all components "accessible-etc"?

[joelanman]

it does seem odd, and would mean we'd have to name other components accessible-

[tvararu]

@joelanman @adamsilver I disagree we'd have to extend the naming. We don't follow strict guidance on naming projects as far as I'm aware of? Separate discussion about this can be had but until then projects get named all sorts of things. (govuk- in projects that aren't used by GOV.UK is another weird theme)

Autocompletes are notoriously hard to get right from an accessibility standpoint. I think it's worth leveraging this as a selling point. I also think the alliteration in accessible-autocomplete is catchy.

Or we can go for gds-autocomplete, or govuk-autocomplete, tbh this is a bikeshed discussion. Picking a name is important but being stuck debating isn't useful.

[joelanman]

govuk would be more consistent with other things we provide (elements, prototype kit, notify, etc) and I don't think it stops usage outside of government. It could be useful for people to be aware of where this good work comes from.