Filing for Unemployment in Illinois requires Windows/IE
Jul 28, 2010, 21:04 (5 Talkback[s])
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"This is the error message I get when attempting to
file an Unemployment Claim with the State of Illinois using
Ubuntu/Chrome. Just another example of organizations building web
apps locked to a specific browser. In this case, they only support
IE 6+ on WinXP/2000/ME. The "Caution" statement at the top of the
page made me laugh!
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