[ubuntu-za] PDF documents on Govt websites

[Tim Johnson]

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 systems around the unpopular, outdated and pathetically inadequate Internet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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