[ale] Bank sites (Was: More on Dell support)

[Christopher Fowler]

Some of these bank sites scare me.  I don't care who you are.  If you
run IE and my connectyion goes through that, I'm scared.  Please hire
people who know what they are doing and do it right!  This email
directed to Bank Of America.


On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 12:09, Kevin Krumwiede wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-06-15 at 06:11, Mike Millson wrote:
> > You can always disable javascript. That should get you by any javascript
> > edits.
> 
> It still doesn't work.  Suntrust's site is a good example of bad
> design.  It only works with IE5 or later and NN 4.77 or earlier,
> requires JavaScript, requires cookies, and if any of these conditions
> are not met, it delivers you to the same error page that simply says
> your browser is not compatible.  The reason given for only supporting
> old versions of Navigator is that "Netscape has chosen to alter their
> communication standards."
> 
> By contrast, Navy FCU's site never refused to serve any browser on any
> OS.  If you were missing cookies or 128-bit security, it told you so. 
> Too bad their nearest branch is in Athens.
> 
> So maybe it wasn't the usual reason for choosing a bank, but I ended up
> with SouthTrust.  At least their site works.
> 
> Krum
> 
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