On 20/03/2012, at 7:12 AM, Peter Hinchliffe <hinch...@multiline.com.au> 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 customer.service.cen...@det.wa.edu.au 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"!

Cheers,
Ronni
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