Good work Kigg Some time back while talking to the URA Mr Bemba I believe as they were developing the tax system with some Dutch help this was already pointed out for mozilla and firefox users to also have access to the web interfaces. I wonder why no one paid attention then.
Gip On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 08:01 +0300, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote: > > > Reinier > My search has found the following info > 1) URA signed a contract with TCS ( Tata consultancy services ) which > only committed to working with IE 6 and Above and Microsoft Office. > because "this is what they could offer as a stable platform" > 2) there is a URA Project team that really want to gain acceptance > from the tax payer for this system and would listen to your complaints > 3) You would be expected to have "Fix suggestions" on hand that are > specific and not too general as you are the experts in this FOSS you > are talking about :-) > > > 4) the Project team can be contacted via [email protected] > > > Kiggs > > > > On Jan 14, 2010, at 4:37 PM, Reinier Battenberg wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > As some might know the URA is switching to an online system for > > filing your > > taxes. Very commendable, i hope it will help them with their > > efficiency. > > > > > > Unfortunatly, there are a few issues when trying to use the system > > when using > > openoffice and firefox. > > > > > > the site is http://www.ura.go.ug > > > > > > Some are small things, for example, the datepicker used when you > > create an > > account shows a bit funny in firefox. > > > > > > More difficult is the Excell spreadsheet that you have to download, > > fill in and > > post back. We don't have a copy of excell, but in openoffice we see > > a LOT of > > vbscript and we get some very funny errors > > > > > > For example the check on some fields is not checking for a Number > > between 0 and > > XXXXX, but it is checking for "more than 0 and less than 15 > > characters" > > OpenOffice thinks that Numbers are no characters, so "60000" is > > invalid, but > > "60000abc" is. I dont think that is what the check should do. > > > > > > As Linux and FOSS community, what would you suggest is the way > > forward in > > helping the URA to support people in Uganda that choose to use free > > software? > > > > > > -- > > rgds, > > > > > > Reinier Battenberg > > Director > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > +256 782 801 749 > > www.mountbatten.net > > > > > > Do you have a businessplan? Make your idea work: > > www.startyourbusiness.ug > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible > > for them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
