problems we have here with little hope for fully leveraging CSS with that
non-compliant browser. And looking at the Flash 5 plugin, it looks like some
Flash capabilities will be out. Wait, it's also got Netscape 4.76? Huh?
I was hoping that since it's a big new rollout that you would be lucky
enough to at least be able to use standards compliant browser. Not to
mention the improved useability of WinXP.
Oh man. I just noticed Acrobat Reader 5. How'd that get through with the
Federal accessibility requirements? Acrobat 6 is supposed to be
significantly better for accessibility. Same goes for Flash Player 6 (and
now 7).
It looks like an impressive project. But man, we're in the same boat for
hoping for standards compliance.
-Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Smith, Matthew P -CONT(CSC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 1:51 PM
Subject: RE: Browser Statistics for US Government
> >> And what happens when...
>
> It could go either way.
>
> I believe there are milestones for system upgrades on the hardware side.
For software, it has to go through an approval process and be certified to
be both compatible and secure. I worked with a team using SMS to catalog
all legacy software running on all the machines(something like 10k programs
were found, with a few um, embarrassing ones found here and there as well,
heh). The rationalized list was parsed down to a few hundred. Basically,
deal with what is approved. A few hurt feelings here and there, but people
adjust, and it makes for a smoother running system. The locked registry
requires a $35 per seat per install for new software above and beyond the
gold list, so you REALLY need to be able to justify the benefit.
>
> Here's the gold disk software(pdf):
> http://www.nmci-eds.com/downloads/Gold_disk_contents.pdf
<http://www.nmci-eds.com/downloads/Gold_disk_contents.pdf>
>
> The hardware varies by seat type, and there are options you can purchase
per seat if additional storage, memory, etc are needed. Again, it's a per
seat basis, so it can get expensive quickly. I couldn't find a spec sheet
for the boxes, but they are pretty decent from what I remember. Also, most
users are just doing email, word, and powerpoint. The sci/tech seats for
developers are a bit beefier.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 12:58 PM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: Browser Statistics for US Government
>
> I looked around at the link, but didn't see what OS/browser/hardware it
is.
>
> And what happens when a new and amazing piece of software comes along that
> would significantly benefit say 30% of the users, but it requires more
hard
> drive space or more memory than the standard equipment uses? Do they say
no
> to the software or do they upgrade every system in the navy and marines to
> keep in sync?
>
> -Kevin
>
>
>
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