On 20/03/2012, at 7:31 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > On 20/03/2012, at 7:12 AM, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 16/03/2012, at 5:25 PM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: >> >>> yep, >>> after updating safari to 5.1.4 it worked, but i found this: >>> Portal Browser Support >>> Services accessed via the Department of Education Portal currently function >>> best with our supported browser, Internet Explorer 6.x >>> Other browsers may be used to access the DEO Portal but these are currently >>> not supported. >>> Questions relating to the above should be directed to the ICT Customer >>> Service Centre by email to [email protected] or by >>> telephone to 1800 012 828 or (08) 9264 5555 >> >> Inexcusable! >> >> Perhaps the Department of Education needs to send someone on a course to >> learn about modern web technologies… >> >> Even Microsoft themselves acknowledge that IE6 is an antiquated, insecure >> bug-ridden mess! > > So very true Peter, I would not use the Internet if I had to use IE6. > Only last week I had quite a somewhat heated discussion with a High School > Principal re just this issue. > Unfortunately the Education Department and their IT just "Don't Get It"! >
If only this problem was confined to this particular issue, but we see it all too frequently in what are generally government-base sites or those of large, seemingly inflexible organisations such as standards authorities. Such organisations, which by their nature should be accessible to as many users as possible, tend to be precisely the opposite, causing those of us who support users to go through numerous hoops just to make these horrible web pages work. And it's not just their web sites... As just one alarming example, I regularly receive, on behalf of a client, a spreadsheet file containing report data from one of the largest health insurance companies in the country (and yes, it's government-based - is that enough clues? : ) ). This file, which always comes from the same contact, is created in MS Excel 95! Perhaps we can look forward to the day when they upgrade to Windows 98... Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
