[kictanet] Why is KRA (Customs) Application Hard-Wired to Microsoft?

[Walubengo J]

Thnx Dennis, Roland and Harry for supporting my concerns. As for Liko!  You told me you were once my student? - am not sure I taught you a unit called "how to support the lazy option for coding" ;-)
 
And even if the client (KRA) had no money (which will be news to me) to support testing for other browsers, the consultant is obliged to stand his/her ground and insist that the solution should be accessible to all.

Indeed, I expect Microsoft coders/Implementors/Consultants to be the 1st to be offended by this implementation and strive to correct it.  Because as much as it "locks-in" customers, it is also horrible statement about their view to providing flexibility to their customers.

walu. 
--- On Tue, 11/29/11, Roland Omoresemi <roland at tezzasolutions.com> wrote:

From: Roland Omoresemi <roland at tezzasolutions.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Why is KRA (Customs) Application is Hard-Wired Microsoft?
To: jwalu at yahoo.com
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Tuesday, November 29, 2011, 4:09 AM

At the very least, most web applications should be supported on most popular browsers...especially a site belonging to a governmental entity with broader target audience.

Cross-browser testing can be completed within a reasonable amount of time and cost...we even have free tools out there that shoots out 66+ browser renditions of GUIs at the click of a button thereby allowing one to see what the user experience would be like depending on their browser + platform combo. 

As often as standards change, I can see where an organization might shoot to only support a browser type or platform, but again, from a design perspective, a simple css file (or something similar) can be used to drive behavior most importantly look and feel across multiple browser types.



Thank you,

Roland Omoresemi | CEO 
TEZZA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS 
www.tezzasolutions.com 
roland at tezzasolutions.com 
+19139612234

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