RE: [WSG] ATO - shame shame shame...

2005-02-03 Thread Gian Sampson-Wild \(PurpleTop\)
Pty Limited. ABN 23 090 593 525 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Stratford Sent: Friday, 7 January 2005 2:01 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] ATO - shame shame shame... Thanks for all the replies! I wasn't serious

Re: [WSG] ATO - shame shame shame...

2005-01-09 Thread Mordechai Peller
Chris Stratford wrote: I can't get my digital certificate without installing IE again... It is GONE! I dont want it. I dont want NN either (its good, but I love my firefox)... Can they force me to download IE to complete my business registration? The site also requires a Java applet to be

Re: [WSG] ATO - shame shame shame...

2005-01-06 Thread David R
Chris Stratford wrote: Can I sue the ATO over this - like the SOCOG case. Deary me... The government has failed again... :) Depends on what laws the austrailian government has in place for web accessability for government sites. If this was a US or UK government site, then yes... I'm guessing

Re: [WSG] ATO - shame shame shame...

2005-01-06 Thread Bruce
http://www.w3.org/WAI/Policy/#Australia WAI country guide Bruce David R wrote: Chris Stratford wrote: Can I sue the ATO over this - like the SOCOG case. Deary me... The government has failed again... :) Depends on what laws the austrailian government has in place for web accessability for

Re: [WSG] ATO - shame shame shame...

2005-01-06 Thread David R
Terrence Wood wrote: Chris, you probably can sue them, but it may well be better to contact them directly, point out the error of their ways and offer to fix it for them. Hmmm What would result in the bigger monetary gain though? Suing them, or them paying you to fix it? Or do both and

Re: [WSG] ATO - shame shame shame...

2005-01-06 Thread James Ellis
Chris Their minimum system requirements http://pki.ato.gov.au/atocdia/MinSysReq.htm suggest that Netscape 7.1 is supported. Given that this browser is basically Mozilla 1.4 it's probable that they have a faulty browser sniffer* Threatening to sue them because of a faulty browser sniffer is

Re: [WSG] ATO - shame shame shame...

2005-01-06 Thread heretic
I just fired that page up in NN7, but rejected their applet/certificate. I got this priceless error message: You have chosen not to trust the ATO. Please close all browser windows and start again. You know, I never did trust the ATO ;) Can I sue the ATO over this - like the SOCOG case. I

Re: [WSG] ATO - shame shame shame...

2005-01-06 Thread Chris Stratford
Thanks for all the replies! I wasn't serious about threatening to sue. It was just an expression of rage ;) Thanks for the pointers! I will definatly let them know! Cheers! James Ellis wrote: Chris Their minimum system requirements http://pki.ato.gov.au/atocdia/MinSysReq.htm suggest that Netscape