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Tell HN: Australian government's driving test resources require Flash/Windows

4 pointsby stockkidabout 6 years ago
I have just found that the Australian government&#x27;s official driving test practice requires Adobe Flash Player. Moreover, the practice test modules &quot;work best with Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge Browsers,&quot; according to their notice.<p>It is quite distressing that a government is requiring citizens to run Windows operating system and Flash to access its official resources, in this day and age. As a non-Windows user, I had some difficulties accessing this resource to prepare for the test. I fear that those that lack technical wherewithal to circumvent these difficulties might be being denied their right to access a freely available government resource.<p>Incidentally, all drivers in NSW state in Australia are required to sit this test in their course of progressing to full license.<p>- https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rms.nsw.gov.au&#x2F;roads&#x2F;licence&#x2F;driver&#x2F;tests&#x2F;hazard-perception-test.html

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Xolvixabout 6 years ago
Visit your local library. I guarantee you they&#x27;ll be running Windows and you can just do the test there.<p>Linux may have taken over the world but its percentages are still crappy in the desktop side of things. If you&#x27;re gonna make the choice to use a minority desktop OS, you have to be prepared to deal with the fact we&#x27;re still living in a Windows world and things like this can and will happen from time to time.<p>A typical person won&#x27;t &quot;lack technical wherewithal to circumvent these difficulties&quot; because even the poorest folks are using Windows in one form or another. It&#x27;s mostly the tech-heads who choose Linux, and they made their bed.