To participate users have to register their personal details and swear that they will not put onto the site material which is obscene, defamatory, malicious, blasphemous or seeks to incite racial hatred. The forum uses frames to present the titles of contributions in one window, and the text in another. It is relatively quick to display new postings although there is a slightly annoying automatic refresh. It seems that the Guardian thinks that politics is too important to be left to Net users as well. Give them a debating forum and Net users will ruin everything by speaking their minds.
Net censorship is certainly a design feature no other election site currently offers.
The site is frames-based and consists mostly of comment and news but has other elegant features. Content is organised under latest news, features, debating chambers and resource finder. The Independent writers comment on tax, crime, education and constitutional issues, while the Big Issue writers deal with public transport, nuclear disarmament, the homeless and media ownership issues. The debating chambers and chat area are particularly easy to negotiate. The calendar of chats is very elegant, allowing the user to quickly find the next scheduled chat or event.