[ubuntu-za] PDF documents on Govt websites

[Anton May]

I do my tax on my Mint laptop no problems.

On 24 July 2017 at 06:56, Bill T <bturner02.sa at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 23/07/2017 19:24, Jan wrote:
>
> 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 systems around the unpopular, outdated and pathetically inadequate Internet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
> <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
>
>
> Well done Jan - agreed. My wife and I gave up trying to do tax online
> years ago, we now go to SARS offices and let them deal with the return.
> Less stress and actually much quicker avoiding the fight to get a browser
> working.
>
> Best regards
>
> Bill
>
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Regards,
Anton May
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