Comments on: Firefox and banks http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks a geek commodity Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:42:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Pip http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks/comment-page-1#comment-317 Pip Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:30:00 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks#comment-317 Really? It was definitely rejecting Mozilla browsers when I looked, but maybe it was just a temporary thing. Really? It was definitely rejecting Mozilla browsers when I looked, but maybe it was just a temporary thing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks/comment-page-1#comment-316 Anonymous Mon, 04 Apr 2005 02:42:00 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks#comment-316 I've been using the nationwide site for years and I've never noticed any problems using FF or Mozilla for online banking. I’ve been using the nationwide site for years and I’ve never noticed any problems using FF or Mozilla for online banking.

]]> By: j http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks/comment-page-1#comment-315 j Wed, 16 Feb 2005 15:06:00 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks#comment-315 " Anon: Really? wow, that is interesting! I guess if it's financial, they can't take any chances!" Yep - I used to be an IT auditor for 2 banks (not yours), and for a while we would only support IE - because that was the only browser that had been tested to death on the system (as it was the most popular browser). We were not going to let anything go live is it was not flawless. You should have seen the looks I got when I would complain that they didn't support Lynx - some of us are old skool dammit! ” Anon: Really? wow, that is interesting! I guess if it’s financial, they can’t take any chances!”

Yep – I used to be an IT auditor for 2 banks (not yours), and for a while we would only support IE – because that was the only browser that had been tested to death on the system (as it was the most popular browser). We were not going to let anything go live is it was not flawless.

You should have seen the looks I got when I would complain that they didn’t support Lynx – some of us are old skool dammit!

]]> By: Pip http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks/comment-page-1#comment-314 Pip Sat, 12 Feb 2005 01:17:00 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks#comment-314 Anon: Really? wow, that <b>is</b> interesting! I guess if it's financial, they can't take any chances! Anon: Really? wow, that is interesting! I guess if it’s financial, they can’t take any chances!

]]> By: Anonymous http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks/comment-page-1#comment-313 Anonymous Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:49:00 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks#comment-313 I work for a bank, though not yours. The product managers for our online banking aren't willing to declare a browser as 'supported' until <b>everything</b> works perfectly. So one logoff confirmation dialog would be enough to 'not support' firefox. Having said that, we don't block access at all, more trouble than it's worth. I work for a bank, though not yours.

The product managers for our online banking aren’t willing to declare a browser as ‘supported’ until everything works perfectly. So one logoff confirmation dialog would be enough to ‘not support’ firefox.

Having said that, we don’t block access at all, more trouble than it’s worth.

]]> By: Pip http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks/comment-page-1#comment-312 Pip Fri, 11 Feb 2005 19:27:00 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks#comment-312 In fact, even that's probably not enough since it may well redirect you through to an error page, so clicking "open this site in IE" will literally just take you to that error page, whereas it would really need to actually go to the desired page. Anything more than one step is just not viable. I'm so hard to please :) In fact, even that’s probably not enough since it may well redirect you through to an error page, so clicking “open this site in IE” will literally just take you to that error page, whereas it would really need to actually go to the desired page.

Anything more than one step is just not viable.

I’m so hard to please :)

]]> By: Pip http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks/comment-page-1#comment-311 Pip Thu, 10 Feb 2005 19:45:00 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks#comment-311 ActiveX maybe? Some DHTML menus? Who knows? Yes, 'View in IE' is a possibility. I forget that it's an extension and it's not actually built into Firefox :) ActiveX maybe? Some DHTML menus? Who knows?

Yes, ‘View in IE’ is a possibility. I forget that it’s an extension and it’s not actually built into Firefox :)

]]> By: Scott http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks/comment-page-1#comment-310 Scott Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:34:00 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks#comment-310 How about installing View in IE? If you get to a complaining page like the bank you right click and then click 'View this page in IE' What the {insert explative} could the bank possibly be doing that needs IE only? Reams of Firefox tips on my <a HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fusers.tns.net%2F%7Eskingery%2Ffirefox%2FHome_Page.html">site</a>. How about installing View in IE? If you get to a complaining page like the bank you right click and then click ‘View this page in IE’

What the {insert explative} could the bank possibly be doing that needs IE only?

Reams of Firefox tips on my site.

]]> By: Pip http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks/comment-page-1#comment-309 Pip Thu, 10 Feb 2005 17:16:00 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks#comment-309 Yeah, I know the one, but really, it's just not worth it :) If I was there in person it might be a differenet matter! :) Yeah, I know the one, but really, it’s just not worth it :)

If I was there in person it might be a differenet matter! :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks/comment-page-1#comment-308 Anonymous Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:59:00 +0000 http://philwilson.org/blog/2005/02/firefox-and-banks#comment-308 You mention user agent spoofing, but it's not difficult to install. There is an extension you can have him install that should be simple enough. If you don't already know about it, the link is: http://www.chrispederick.com/work/firefox/useragentswitcher/download/ I hope it helps. Sorry for the anonymous posting. I didn't want to register with Blogger. Richard zxfiles AT yahoo DOT com You mention user agent spoofing, but it’s not difficult to install. There is an extension you can have him install that should be simple enough. If you don’t already know about it, the link is:

http://www.chrispederick.com/work/firefox/useragentswitcher/download/

I hope it helps. Sorry for the anonymous posting. I didn’t want to register with Blogger.

Richard
zxfiles AT yahoo DOT com

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