This is a complete 180 from about 18 years ago, when I contacted someone re. the Jobcentre website requiring Internet Explorer:
"I only have a Linux system, how can I get access?"
"We only support Microsoft Explorer."
"So if I use Linux I can't find a job?"
"We only support Microsoft Explorer."
That kind of blinkered approach went on for far too long, so it's a real pleasure to use the various websites on gov.uk at the moment. Even traditionally unpleasant things like filing a VAT return are relatively low friction, and taxing a car is absurdly easy.
Now, how can we get the same sort of thing to happen across Whitehall and Westminster more generally? ;)
"I only have a Linux system, how can I get access?"
"We only support Microsoft Explorer."
"So if I use Linux I can't find a job?"
"We only support Microsoft Explorer."
That kind of blinkered approach went on for far too long, so it's a real pleasure to use the various websites on gov.uk at the moment. Even traditionally unpleasant things like filing a VAT return are relatively low friction, and taxing a car is absurdly easy.
Now, how can we get the same sort of thing to happen across Whitehall and Westminster more generally? ;)