[ubuntu-za] PDF documents on Govt websites

[Khayalethu Prudent Nojoko]

@Wesley

I think we should try the petition option and what it yields.  At least
that would make them know that there is this number of linux users that
also needs their attention.

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On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 8:58 AM, Wesley Werner <wesley.werner at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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 systems around the unpopular, outdated and pathetically inadequate Internet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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