[plug] govt website links - how?

[Kev]

Hi Gavin, I'm using Kubuntu Hoary, Firefox 1.0.2  and OOo 1.1.3.  The 
URL you gave opened the site instantly, I downloaded several of the 
available files (inc the "Job Kit") to my desktop without problem.  I 
then clicked on the new desktop icons, in turn, and OOo opened each of 
them up, no problems.  Is this what you were talking about?

Cheers
Kev

Gavin Chester wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Trying to tackle an issue that I ignored before, but now I really want
>to get to the bottom of it :-0
>
>It bugs me that the many govt websites that advertise jobs then seem to
>make it impossible to access the info (JDFs, criteria, etc).
>Specifically, some sites have JDFs only in MS.doc format, but others
>don't even let me get that far because the links throw up a message to
>save the file but then nothing happens after that.  Currently I'm
>stumped again by links on this sort of page (the waaay long URL will
>wrap):
>http://wchs.health.wa.gov.au/careers/jobvacs/jobDetails.php?
>PositionId=255538&ReqAppDate=2005-06-07&PHPSESSID=4afd038ced7b74ae3f56e6a592afc9ae
>
>My wife wants to see the selection criteria but I can't seem to help
>her.  Anyone got some trick to accessing these links or is this an equal
>opportunity issue where they're conspiring against Linux users?
>
>Gavin
>
>
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