gov't sponsored site requires proprietary software

[Abidel Bassie-Cripps]

Interesting!

I use Ubuntu 9.04 and went to that link. I had no issue browsing it and tested the download. I got as far as inputting my library card number (of which I don't have). I went to your other link and browsed it fine, but couldn't fine a link to downloads.

I would check your version of flash first. I had previous installed flasyplugin-nonfree and my access to websites improved.

Kind regards!
Abi



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From: Terrence Enger <tenger-P1ovA8G34VBEfu+5ix1nRw at public.gmane.org>
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Sent: Sat, October 24, 2009 9:37:17 AM
Subject: [TLUG]: gov't sponsored site requires proprietary software

Greetings,

The Ontario Ministry of Culture is sponsoring Ontario Library
Service Download Centre <http://downloadcentre.library.on.ca/>,
which lends out any of a collection of audio books over the net.

Disappointingly, the service works only only with Windows or Mac.
It is perhaps no coincidence that the "guided tour" requires
Adobe Flash, and they use the word "free" only in the
sense "gratis".

<aside>
  Hmm.  Going to the Ministry of Culture home page
  <http://www.culture.gov.on.ca/english/index.html>, the first
  thing I see is a message box telling me "Content on this page
  requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Do you want to
  download it now?".  Somewhat peeved now, I take that url to
  validator.w3.org and find--really, I should not have been
  surprised--203 Errors, 62 warning(s).
</aside>

Time for a letter to your MPP, do you think?

Cheers,
Terry.


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