[Fsf-friends] [Fwd]: please comply with standards
Kanti Jadia
j_kanti@rediffmail.com
Thu Jun 10 03:27:38 IST 2004
Hi Mahesh,
Just a point in time,
As per the website
"This site is developed and hosted by National Informatics
Centre
Contents are provided and maintained by The Serious Fraud
Investigation Office
Site optimised for 800 X 600 monitor resolution, java enabled, IE
4.0 or above."
So its better to let NIC know what its doing.
NIC maintains/develops/deploys the websites for most of the Public
utility, Gov. etc.
My 0.2 cents ( oops paise )
Thanks
On Wed, 09 Jun 2004 Mahesh T. Pai wrote :
>Any comments?
>
>----- Forwarded message from "Mahesh T. Pai" <paivakil@vsnl.net>
>-----
>
> > Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 23:46:31 +0530
> > From: "Mahesh T. Pai" <paivakil@vsnl.net>
> > Subject: please comply with standards
> > To: contmngr-sfio@sb.nic.in
> > Message-ID: <20040609181631.GA5348@nandini.home>
> >
> > Dear Sir(s),
> >
> > This has reference to the home page of th Serious Fraud
>Investigation
> > Office, (http://www.sfio.nic.in/).
> >
> > The bottom of your page mentions that ``Site optimised for
>800 X 600
> > monitor resolution, java enabled, IE 4.0 or above.''
> >
> > I feel that as an institution which has to interact with the
>public it
> > is most improper of you to `optimise' your pages for a
>browser for a
> > particular operating system. Firstly, it is in
>no way,
> > `optimisation'. You are simply using public funds for
>carrying
> > advertisement for a particular company.
> >
> > You ought be aware that the users of the world wide web
>use diverse
> > operating systems and browsers. In order to make things
>easier for
> > both developers and users of the internet, the W3C
>consortium (World
> > Wide Web Consortium) has laid down certain standards for
>web pages;
> > and it would have been appropriate for you to conform
>to those
> > standards.
> >
> > Also, you will appreciate that the Internet is a useful
>medium for
> > people with disabilities to communicate with the outside
>world, and
> > compliance with the W3C standards automatically ensures
>that people
> > with disabilities can access your site (for example, using
>a screen
> > reader). You will appreciate that as an organ of the
>government, and
> > an organisation discharging Sovereign functions, you have to
>adhere to
> > certain standards of fairness and propriety.
> >
> > In fact, on verification of your site, except for minor
>variations
> > which affect accessibility for the visually disabled, the
>pages are
> > by and large compliant to the W3C standard. What,
>then, is the
> > objective of recommending use of a specific browser?
> >
> > I hope that you will understand the issue in its proper
>perspective,
> > and ensure that your pages fully conform to W3C standards and
>further,
> > remove references to specific brands of browsers.
> >
> > Hoping early compliance with this request,
> >
> > Thanking You,
> > Sincerely Yours,
> >
> > Mahesh T. Pai,
> > Advocate, `Nandini',
> > SRM Road, Cochin - 682018.
> > Kerala State.
> >
> >
>
>----- End forwarded message -----
>
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