[plug] DeskBank again [UNCLASSIFIED]

[Clark Julian]

> From: plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au 
> [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Adam Davin
> Sent: Tuesday, 18 January 2005 1:25 PM
> To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] DeskBank again [UNCLASSIFIED]
> 
> On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 12:38:44 +0800
> "Clark Julian" <Julian.Clark at cdpp.gov.au> wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> > > 3. WestPac is no longer interested in PC-based services, 
> so they're
> > >    building a web-based replacement - and, reading 
> between the lines,
> > >    it will be 100% dependent on MSIE. D'oh!
> >  
> > That looks a little like three things to me. :p
> > 
> > Westpacs current netbanking services don't appear to be 
> MSIE specific.. 
> > (having used them successfully with firefox)
> > It's a shame to see them taking this path. Why shut 
> yourself off from a
> > significant part of your market.
> > Perhaps they do not realise how many linux users(or simply non-MSIE
> > users) that they have as customers.
> > 
> <snip>
> 
> Several of westpac's online services are "IE" specific. 
> Whilst I have not tried munging my browser id line to see if 
> it will work with firefox, there are a couple of areas which 
> just do not work under firefox, but work fine under IE. One 
> of those areas is the "Pay anyone". Under IE, you can enter 
> the payee details and press the "add" button (from memory) 
> and it puts that payee's details at the bottom of the page. 
> Under Firefox, the details just disappear into the ether 
> never to be proceeded from again. 
> The "other accounts" area just plain refuses to allow you to 
> even try if you do not have a "IE and an MS windows" 
> operating system "click here if you wish to upgrade now". 
> 
> As a westpac user myself, these points are most frustrating. 
> Anyone who has any fixes for these or other stories that 
> confirm that they can be made to work under "other than IE" 
> browsers would be great to hear from. 
> Regards, 
> 
> Adam.


I was sure that I'd used the pay anyone service under linux /firefox and
used the pay anyone feature without issue or modification.
Perhaps I didn't notice what I was missing. I'll have to test it out and
report back. 

I don't recall trying (or even seeing) the other accounts section.
If they get enough calls abou ttheir pages being broken; perhaps they
may head for standards compliance?





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