TAU lectures, BG Airport departures/arrivals, Kupat Holim lab results -- Linux

[Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda]

2010/7/25 Ori Idan <ori at helicontech.co.il>

> ‎‎These are 3 different organizations and all of them I think is not
> subject to the state comptroller.
>
> TAU lectures is one problem that I have no idea how to solve.
>
> BG Airport departures is the only thing that might be of interest to the
> state comptroller. When we approach him, we should talk about standards and
> accessibility and not about Linux.
>
> Kupat Holim, as much as I heard lately works fine with FireFox.
> I myself tested Macabi web site, Omer Zak if I am not mistaken reported
> lately that Clalit also works fine.
>

Clalit works pretty well, though their search does not work - neither in
Firefox nor in Chrome.


> I don't know about the other health organizations in Israel.
>
> --
> Ori Idan
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Stan Goodman <stan.goodman at hashkedim.com>wrote:
>
>> There was some discussion here not long ago about the tendency of Israeli
>> website owners to ignore issues of access by users of non-Microsoft
>> browsers, and there seemed then to be a feeling that "something ought to
>> be done about it". That feeling seems to have dissipated, although the
>> problem remains (and promises to get worse).
>>
>> To challenge the indifference of web designers to the problem seems a lost
>> cause, as many of them have "learned" (I use the term loosely) to code in
>> inexpensive Microsoft-sponsored courses which exist largely for the
>> purpose of indoctrinating their students in the belief that
>> MS "enhancements" are the best or only way to code web pages; they are
>> not knowledgeable enough to understand arguments to the contrary. Owners
>> of websites are also not a productive target for persuasion, e.g. because
>> they feel that if they are reaching 90% of their clients, they have done
>> as well as they ever can do, which really is not an illogical business
>> decision.
>>
>> On the other hand, all the organizations listed in the Subject line above
>> are quasi-governmental agencies, and therefore have a responsibility to
>> serve any member of the public who is equipped with standard apparatus,
>> without regard to specific proprietary gear. They are all subject to the
>> oversight of the State Comptroller, and I submit that the State
>> Comptroller is the office that should be approached with the complaint
>> and argument that these agencies are delinquent in their responsibility,
>> given that e.g. Firefox is compliant with standards, whereas Internet
>> Explorer (although universally favored by the ignoramuses who code the
>> websites in question) is not.
>>
>> If this makes sense to others, and if there is still interest in
>> rectifying this long-time problem, I propose that a proper complaint be
>> lodged with the Comptroller, who is bound to respond within a length of
>> time set by law (I think it is three months). I think that this letter
>> should be be drafted by a committee representing IGLU and signed by the
>> largest possible number of  members.
>>
>> The problem is not going to go away by itself.
>>
>> --
>> Stan Goodman
>> Qiryat Tiv'on
>> Israel
>>
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Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda.
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