On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Supreet Sethi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:04 PM, A. Mani <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks for all the suggestions. The final version mailed is as below. >> An online petition may also be put up. >> The file mentioned is at : >> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6ngqqhaqdhxhrmi/hzySjAOeDQ >> > > I just could not help but put my media studies hat and pick some issues with > the register of the Letter. I will attempt to humbly suggest a reformat > stated below. I would not suggest naming a company, but a technology stack. > Since JEE board may not be doing purposeful bias. It may just reflect a > general trend. Also suggesting such change without suggesting direction of > change may entail just removal of "only Microsoft" and not other > modifications. I have marked changes with **. >
I do not think the letter suggests that. It clearly mentions the anti-freedom part. Only a very naive reader in IT will do that kind of interpretation. > Also we should do a media campaign by doing a audit of all government > websites. > > > <snip> > > Sub. Main JEE site is discriminatory, non standards compliant and > excludes non-IE Users > > Dear Sir/Madam, > > I am writing on behalf of the following Free Software > groups* based in India and **also as technically savvy representative of > general public **. We are not writing for half-baked *technically savvy* persons :) > > We notice with dismay that the main JEE website > (http://jeemain.nic.in/jeemain2013/Welcome.aspx ) excludes **majority of > people from painlessly using your website. As the authoritative statistics > (http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp) suggest Google > Chrome forms close to 50% users reach-out to view the site. Several of them > use mobile phones as well. By applying a policy of supporting Microsoft > Internet Explorer, JEE board is taking up an elitist view how the website is > consumed.** Where is the *elitism* in M$ IE? It is a backward mess from all points of view except for *Marketing*. IT people are usually not illiterate. > > > We as representative of general public will be pleased if you will take > appropriate remedial action in this regard. **We suggest > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsive_web_design as a good starting point > for design website such that it works on desktop and mobile phones > seem-lessly** In summary, your suggested modifications do not appear to be appropriate. Best A. Mani -- A. Mani CU, ASL, AMS, CLC, CMS http://www.logicamani.in -- -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Linux User Group @ IIT Delhi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
