[ubuntu-za] PDF documents on Govt websites

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On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 7:07 AM, Xandor Schiefer <me at xandor.co.za> wrote:

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> Perhaps that's got something to do with Adobe's recent announcement to
> end-of-life Flash in 2020.
>
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/3210748/web-development/adobe-flash-pla
> yer-to-reach-end-of-life-in-2020.html
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> Kind regards,
>
>
> Xandor Schiefer
> +27 79 706 5620
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> On 26/07/2017 09:03, Jos Visser wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 07/24/2017 06:56 AM, Bill T 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 their systems around the unpopular, outdated and pathetically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/**/
> >>> /**//**/
> >>> /**/I fail to comprehend why it has to be necessary to resort to suc
> h
> >>> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Good news folks !!   Have a look at
> > https://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/221408-sars-efiling-will-move-
> away-from-adobe-flash.html
> >
> > JV
> >
> >
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