{"id":128,"date":"2010-07-30T11:16:08","date_gmt":"2010-07-30T11:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.garfnet.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=128"},"modified":"2013-11-24T03:05:11","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T03:05:11","slug":"anti-ie6-petition-response-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garfnet.org.uk\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/30\/anti-ie6-petition-response-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-IE6 petition response failure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seems the hapless UK government can add one more IT failure to its long, long list. This morning we received notification of the results of the on-line petition we signed entitled: “We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to encourage government departments to upgrade away from Internet Explorer 6<\/em>“.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This notification read:-<\/p>\n

You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to encourage government
\ndepartments to upgrade away from Internet Explorer 6.<\/p>\n

Her Majesty’s Government has responded to that petition and you can view it
\nhere:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.hmg.gov.uk\/epetition-responses\/petition-view.aspx?epref=ie6upgrade<\/p>\n

Her Majesty’s Government<\/p>\n

Petition information – http:\/\/petitions.number10.gov.uk\/ie6upgrade\/<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Great<\/em>, we thought – eager to see the results. Unfortunately, the link Her Majesty’s Government gave us:-<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.hmg.gov.uk\/epetition-responses\/petition-view.aspx?epref=ie6upgrade<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

returned:-<\/p>\n

“Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Government response to IE6 Petition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Brilliant! A Microsoft-powered Government site, set up to respond to concerns about another\u00c2\u00a0 failed Microsoft product frequently used by Her Majesty’s Government<\/em>, didn’t work. So we emailed Her Majesty’s Government<\/em>, suggesting that whilst some people may be amused by the irony, we really think that Her Majesty’s Government<\/em> needs to get this fixed, pronto!<\/p>\n

So far we have had no reply from Her Majesty’s morons<\/span> minions<\/em> and Her Majesty’s<\/em> Microsoft-powered petition response site still does not work!<\/p>\n

Honk! Honk!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seems the hapless UK government can add one more IT failure to its long, long list. This morning we received notification of the results of the on-line petition we signed entitled: “We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to encourage government departments to upgrade away from Internet Explorer 6“. This notification read:- You signed a … <\/p>\n

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