[LINK] Our government does it again

[JanW]

At 07:31 AM 5/10/2014, David Boxall wrote:
>which didn't work in Firefox 32.0.3 on Windows 7 64 bit.
>
>I finally managed to download the file in Internet Explorer (it wouldn't 
>just display in the browser). The file name is "Welcome Letter" (no 
>extension). SumatraPDF read the file OK. 

I find this problem of browser incompatibility a lot with government stuff, even at the local level. Most of the time I figure it's my level of security lock-down on my FF browser -- noscript, adblock, no pop-ups, limited cookies, all that good stuff we have to do to not be owned by online sites. But even when I individually reduce the security blocks, the sites often still don't work, so I throw up my hands and resort to IE.

If any linkers have power IT connections in Mygov -- which seems to be the go to place for Cwlth govt online access nowadays --would they PLEASE work with your other departments to do multi-browser testing. If you're going to require this sort of connection with govt services, you gotta at least give EVERY citizen/info seeker a fighting chance. Spec your systems correctly, please.

Jan



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