I felt the problem today while trying to download the admit card for a
friend's son.
Nice work by you Sir!
2013/3/15 A. Mani <a.mani.cms at gmail.com>
Thanks for all the suggestions. The final version mailed is as below.
An online petition may also be put up.
The file mentioned is at :
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6ngqqhaqdhxhrmi/hzySjAOeDQ
_______________________________________________________
To,
The Executive Director
Joint Entrance Examination Unit
Central Board of Secondary Education,
F.I.E, 482, Patparganj, Industrial Area,
Delhi-110092.
AND
Related Personnel of CBSE.
Sub. Main JEE site is discriminatory, non standards compliant and
excludes non-IE Users
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing on behalf of the following Free
Software groups* based in India.
We notice with dismay that the main JEE website
(http://jeemain.nic.in/jeemain2013/Welcome.aspx ;) excludes all those
who use standards compliant browsers like Firefox and Google Chrome
and makes the use of Microsoft Internet Explorer mandatory.
The attached file documents the problem with handling admit cards on
the site with non IE browsers.
This practice of favoring Microsoft preferentially (despite its
anti-freedom machinations, technical incompetence, noncompliance with
standards and dwindling user-base (see [6]-[8] and related links))
suggests many things. Also any browser-specific 'lock-in' is a direct
violation of clause 7.6 (b) of 'Guidelines for Indian Government
Websites' (
http://darpg.nic.in/darpgwebsite_cms/Document/file/Guidelines_for_Government_websites.pdf
).
"It is a MUST that Indian Government websites are tested for multiple
browsers and versions of browser, operating systems, connection
speeds, and screen resolution to ensure access by all"
We (and all other honest people) will be pleased if you will take
appropriate remedial action in this regard.
Thank and Regards
A. Mani
(On Behalf of the following FOSS Organizations)
*
[1] Kolkata GNU/Linux Users Group
http://www.ilug-cal.info
http://www.iglug-cal.org
[2] Free Software Movement of India
http://www.fsmi.in
[3] Free Software Foundation of India
http://www.fsfi.org
[4] FOSS Community Network of India
http://fosscomm.in/
[5] ILUG-Chennai
http://www.ilugc.in
___________________________________
[6] http://en.windows7sins.org/
[7]
http://www.reddit.com/r/ragecomics/comments/11c1t1/internet_explorer_rfunny_said_i_should_post_it/c6lbhu2
[8]
http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Microsoft_influence_in_the_Indian_government
[9]
http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Companies_That_Harm_Software_Freedom
___________________________________________
Best
A. Mani
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CU, ASL, AMS, CLC, CMS
http://www.logicamani.in
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