[ubuntu-za] PDF documents on Govt websites

[Jan]

Hello all,

After years of battling with pdf docs on SARS and other SA Govt 
websites, I checked out the policies of the webste developers: 
http://www.gov.za/services/about-website

This prompted me to write the following mail to the website developers: 
(electronic at DoC.gov.za)

*/Good day,/**/
/**//**/
/**/Access to pdf documents on South African Government websites 
(specifically SARS and the Dept of Home Affairs) has been a problem and 
a bone of contention among Internet users for some time. /**/
/**//**/
/**/Specifications and requirements for pdf readers to open these 
documents appear to exceed those of virtually all other providers of 
online pdf documents. /**/
/**//**/
/**/At the same time, the developers of these sites are optimising their 
systems around the unpopular, outdated and pathetically inadequate 
Internet Explorer browser, the use of which has declined from 67% in 
2017 to only 9,6% in 2016 and the decline continues: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers/**/
/**//**/
/**/I fail to comprehend why it has to be necessary to resort to such 
draconic requirements for documents that should be available to the 
general public while, at the same time, optimising browsing requirements 
around an archaic web browser. /**/
/**//**/
/**/There is something terribly wrong somewhere and it is time to locate 
and sort out the problem. /**/
/**//**/
/**/Yours truly,/**/
/**//**/
/**/G J (Jan) Greeff /*

Perhaps some of our forum members would like to follow up with your own 
experiences and comments?

Kind regards,

Jan
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