there is a site http//www.edudel.nic.in most of the orders and circulars here are handwritten and scanned and put for reference. jaws cannot read the handwritten circulars neither can they be read through fine reader. this site should also be added to the list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "vishnu ramchandani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 12:32 PM Subject: [AI] IIT, MTNL, AIR websites in hall of shame list
> IIT, MTNL, AIR websites in hall of shame list > > NEW DELHI: It is called the "hall of shame". Within > its cyber walls are pilloried a long list of websites, > Internet service providers and websites which > do not treat all their visitors fairly. > > There is a method to the madness. Sites listed in the > New Delhi-based "hall of shame" are carefully selected > and only put 'in the dock' if they deserve > to be there. > > Run by the free software and open source network here, > this site - lug-delhi.org/wiki/HallOfShame/ - explains > that it lists sites which "force consumers" > to use proprietary software or technologies. > > The goal of the campaign is to ensure that sites > remain accessible, to people regardless of what > software they use, as long as the software performs > the > same function. > > Says the wiki-based site: "We will especially be > targeting government websites in this exercise which > have absolutely no business to discriminate against > the technology used by their citizens to access public > content." > > It points out that some sites, by using only non-free > or proprietary technologies, "force consumers to use > proprietary software or technologies, or otherwise > perpetuate vendor lock-in". > > Among the sites currently listed in the "hall of > shame" are the MBA section of Indian Institute of > Technology (IIT) at Kanpur and sites linked with the > Anna University of Chennai and IIT, Guwahati. > > Others include banking sites, airlines, major national > companies, publications and even the Tirumala > Thirupathi Devasthanams. > > At least 14 government-linked websites are listed: > MTNL's New Customer Care Help site, ministry of > company affairs, Indian Airlines, Food Corp of India, > ministry of finance, All India Radio, ministry of law > and justice, department of official language, > government of Delhi, government of Madhya Pradesh, > official site for prime minister of India, ministry of > coal, directorate general of foreign trade and the > Indian Railways train enquiry. > > This list gets updated from time to time as changes > are made in making sites more accessible, or when new > sites are added. > > There are many complaints coming in from websurfers, > stuck because of a range of problems - unusable java > script menus, proprietary Hindi fonts, proprietary > drivers, sites which force users to access them via > the proprietorial Internet Explorer browser, and more. > > Some of these are government-run ventures. > > Send free SMS to your Friends on Mobile from your Yahoo! Messenger. > Download Now! http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
