You might try submitting your experience as a Slashdot article. Sounds like the kind of thing they like to publish.
-- Rod On Tuesday 01 April 2003 10:51 am, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > bleah. i was able to enter all the information, but the "e-file your > return" link doesn't work. at least the form wasn't as long as the > federal. :) > > i ran tcpdump to see if it might be a firewall issue, as in, perhaps it > did something wierd and didn't go over port 80, but no dice. no packets > are sent when ever i try to send the form. > > that totally sucks. i'd be willing to bet that california has one of > the highest linux user densities in the country, and it totally SUCKS > that we're excluded from using the california tax franchise's online > filing. grrrr.... > > pete > > > begin Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > on page 9 there seems to be a "e-file your return" link. click the link > > and it complains that i didn't fill out my name (i didn't fill out > > anything. guess it checks the name field first). > > > > it seems like it would work... guess i'll find out in a bit. :) > > > > pete > > > > > > begin Stephen M. Helms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Hello Pete, > > > > > > I can open and edit a form with the Acrobat Reader v5.05. The only > > > problem is that you cannot save the edited form without the full > > > version of Acrobat. So, I am not sure how helpful this will be. If > > > you can type it all in correct the first time and then print it, I > > > guess it would be ok. I am just not sure how you would file it > > > electronically. > > > > > > Stephen > > > > > > Quoting Peter Jay Salzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > california online tax filing begins here: > > > > > > > > http://www.ftb.ca.gov/online/2EZ/Index.asp > > > > > > > > they say that acrobat reader 5.0 is required. it appears that > > > > version 5.0 is not available for linux. > > > > > > > > if i'm right, linux users cannot file their taxes electronically in > > > > california. > > > > > > > > i was able to download the form "begin your return" > > > > > > > > http://efile.ftb.ca.gov/2ez/ez.pdf?2002_29443 > > > > > > > > and view it with xpdf, but i assume there's some kind of form > > > > interface > > > > built into acrobat reader 5.0 that's not available with 4.0 (or > > > > xpdf). > > > > > > > > has anybody been able to get this to work on linux? > > > > > > > > pete _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
