Dear Sir/Madam, I had sent the enclosed message to you on May 18, 2008 but have received no reply. The site http://www.mcdpropertytax.in/ continues to require Internet Explorer, which is only available by paying Microsoft for use of their operating system, and as such discriminates against citizens of Delhi who use any other operating system or browser.
Please rectify these issues in the site. I would appreciate a note from you indicating what progress you are making in this matter, otherwise I shall be forced to add your site to the ILUGD Hall of Shame for web sites. If that also doesn't produce any results I shall have no option but to consider alternative routes to understand why the Municipal Corporation of Delhi is promoting Microsoft and its products by forcing the citizens of Delhi to buy their operating system to file their property tax. Yours sincerely, -- Raj Mathur ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Problems with http://www.mcdpropertytax.in/ Date: Sunday 18 May 2008 From: Raj Mathur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Sir/Madam, Your web site: http://www.mcdpropertytax.in/staff/index.jsp makes the following statement: <quote> Please only use Internet Explorer to file Property Tax </quote> I (and many others like me) do not use Microsoft Windows, do not have access to a Windows computer and can and will not use Internet Explorer for a number of reasons, including security issues. On behalf of all citizens of Delhi who do not use Internet Explorer, I request you to make your web site and web services compliant with open standards and open browsers e.g. Firefox and Konqueror. Further, mandating the use of a specific operating system (Windows in this case) for your clients would not be considered acceptable behaviour from a respected Government organisation, and I also request that your web site be made compliant with multiple platforms, including (but not limited to) Windows, Macintosh, Linux, BSD, various flavours of Unix and standards-compliant mobile browsers. Lastly, your web site also contains the following text: <quote> Site is best viewed on IE 6.0 in 1024 x 768 resolution. </quote> I request you to also remove this notice as soon as the web site has been made standards-compliant. Awaiting your early reply and prompt action. Yours sincerely, -- Raj Mathur ------------------------------------------------------- -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
