Yes, it's easier for gov.ph's webmaster to put "download Microsoft Office" and "download Adobe PDF reader" buttons in ther website but I always wonder if it's also easy for their conscience to encourage Filipinos to buy those expensive Software. And sometimes I'm asking myself, is the Philippine government a promoter of Microsoft Products and non-open standards?
On 10/10/06, Rom Feria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Eric,
I share your sentiments. BPI, fortunately, provides an alternate site
for us non-IE users. Citibank's online services supports non-IE users
as well. PNB, OTOH, sucks big time!
Anyway, I blame it on the bank's IT people before STUPID! Yes, I dare
say so because they do not know how to use open web standards - that
alone makes them stupid! Now, if only the banks will know how stupid
their IT people are - I am sure that they will do something about it.
I propose a WALL OF SHAME for these sites! We can always publicly
shame them for not supporting open standards. :) Right now, this is
the direction I am going within UP - shaming those who force its
users to use Microsoft Office to open university documents. :D
Cheers!
On Oct 10, 2006, at 7:10 AM, eric pareja wrote:
> This is a rather late response to this thread and slightly askew.
> Instead of the back-end, which consumers won't really care that much
> about, what I am more concerned about regarding bank websites,
> particularly their online banking portals, is that most of them seem
> to -require- you to use a particulare web-browser on a particular OS.
> As a consumer, I do not find it funny that I am forced to use that
> specific combination of software to be able to access their online
> services. Of course, the numbers of end-users who don't use that
> specific combination of software is not the majority, but it is by no
> means insignificant. I am lucky that there is a workaround for some of
> these, but I still have to go through hoops to be able to manage my
> bank account online using Linux. It would have been so much easier for
> consumers (this includes us, Linux/BSD/MacOS users) really if they had
> just used open standards to build their portals.
>
> I suppose the same can be said about government portals that should be
> accessible to all.
>
> Most of us on this list already know about the benefits of using open
> standards as well as free and open source software. Do IT
> professionals in banking and government have a clue in this direction?
> What can we do about this, if they do not?
>
> On 2/8/06, Orlando Andico <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
>> it is also said that BPI is ruing their Linux "adventure." It's
>> one of those
>> banks I mentioned earlier.
>>
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