<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Please see below the message from our
Information-Communication Officer, re. the ODS :</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I did not try the ODS site on Macintosh,
but I did try it on PC, and I can affirm that it is not right that the
system works only on Internet Explorer.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I tried it on the following browsers
:</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- Internet Explorer</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- Netscape</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- Fast Browser</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">- and the open source software : Mozilla
Firefox</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">All of these softwares can display the
site and the same results for the queries requested. </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">The only problem that I saw was with
a browser called "Opera", which has not a very large number of
users, and which can display the first pages of the ODS site , but instead
of the result of the research, it displays the following error message
: "Notes error: Query is not understandable". </font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Regards</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Kouraich</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">(kouraich.jaouahdou@unctad.org)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>"Rui Correia" <correia.rui@gmail.com></b></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">06.01.2005 11:28</font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Please respond to plenary</font>
<td><font size=1 face="Arial"> </font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"> To:
<plenary@wsis-cs.org></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"> cc:
"'James Evans'" <james.botswana@gmail.com>,
"'"Jan Pförtsch"'" <jan.pfoertsch@t-online.de></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif"> Subject:
RE: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN Official Document
System is online</font></table>
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<br><font size=2><tt>I tried with Opera. Fine for browsing, but when it
came to accessing<br>
documents (Java), server timed out. I insisted and ABRACADABRA, it<br>
opened!!!! <br>
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36 Finch St, <br>
Ontdekkers Park, Roodepoort, <br>
Johannesburg, South Africa<br>
Tel/ Fax (+27-11) 766-4336<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org [mailto:plenary-admin@wsis-cs.org] On Behalf<br>
Of Adam Peake<br>
Sent: 06 January 2005 12:00<br>
To: plenary@wsis-cs.org<br>
Subject: Re: [WSIS CS-Plenary] UN Official Document System is online<br>
<br>
On Mac using various browsers I can search but cannot access <br>
documents. Does seem to be javascript.<br>
<br>
Welcome page says:<br>
<br>
"The ODS is a multilingual system. Therefore, it requires <br>
UNICODE-based Internet browsers, such as MS Internet Explorer 5.5, <br>
Netscape 6.21 or higher versions. For access to the ODS, please <br>
ensure that your Internet browser complies with this requirement."<br>
<br>
I try to use Safari and Firefox.<br>
<br>
Adam<br>
<br>
<br>
At 10:19 AM +0100 1/6/05, Georg C. F. Greve wrote:<br>
> || On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 14:02:48 -0500<br>
> || Rik Panganiban <rikp@earthlink.net> wrote:<br>
><br>
> rp> I thought this news would be relevant to folks in the
WSIS<br>
> rp> community interested in online transparency and public<br>
> rp> information. [...]<br>
> rp> The ODS can be accessed at http://documents.un.org.<br>
> rp> [...]<br>
> rp> I encourage you to get the word out to your own networks
about this<br>
> rp> important resource.<br>
><br>
> rp> Regards to all and Happy Transparent and Accessible New
Year.<br>
><br>
>I just tried this and had problems actually getting to the documents,<br>
>others have reported similar problems with non-IE browsers on Windows<br>
>and Macintosh. It appears the site is running on Microsoft and is<br>
>using Microsoft-only functions for Javascript.<br>
><br>
>Could someone else please confirm whether this effect also exists for<br>
>them or whether this is some odd freak-incident that I have been<br>
>seeing?<br>
><br>
>Regards,<br>
>Georg<br>
><br>
>--<br>
>Georg C. F. Greve
<greve@fsfeurope.org><br>
>Free Software Foundation Europe<br>
(http://fsfeurope.org)<br>
>GNU Business Network
(http://mailman.gnubiz.org)<br>
>Brave GNU World<br>
(http://brave-gnu-world.org)<br>
><br>
>Attachment converted: MacOS X:Untitled 2 ( / )
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