[ubuntu-za] PDF documents on Govt websites

Wesley Werner wesley.werner at gmail.com
Mon Jul 24 06:58:05 UTC 2017


Well done Jan! I wonder if a petition will make an impact too.

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 8:08 AM, Tim Johnson <tim at cybersmart.co.za> wrote:

> Well done Jan! I fully support your complaint but I gaande been successful
> using Vivaldi /Chromium /Chrome and Acroread 9.5.5-1
> Works with no problems but took a while to get there with help from this
> group and despite SARS/Govt developers insisting on Windows and Internet
> Ucksplorer.
> Tim
>
> Sent from my Note 5
>
> On 24 Jul 2017 07:01, "Anton May" <antonmay at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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 systems around the unpopular, outdated and pathetically inadequate Internet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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>>
>>
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