My bank used to have the same disclaimer ... IE only. All that happened was that the page did not display as THEY intended in my Galeon browser. All the parts of their presentation were there, just spread around in a more or less haphazard manner ... something to do with the way "ActiveX" does HTML tables, I think. When I found the login input form/box and used it, all the stuff operated as it should. Everything other than the initial "index" page displayed just like it used to when using IE.
I complained to the bank that not everyone in the world uses IE and that there are many other browsers around ... and that in their own best interests, their pages should display equally well in any browser. That means sticking to the HTML standards ... not just programming for "ActiveX" and IE. In the last few weeks, they've made changes. What used to be done with "ActiveX" is now done with Java applets and Shockwave/Flash presentations (you even have an option to skip them if you like, and get to the "meat" of the issue.) When you complain to your bank, you might also mention that the combination of IE, WORD, Outlook, and ActiveX, is known as "VTP" ... the Virus Transport Protocol. Harv On Sunday 09 March 2003 14:51, Margot wrote: > Now that I've got the internet connection working, I'm trying to get > everything running through the Mandrake machine, aiming to abandon the > Win98 machine as soon as possible. > > Everything works OK so far, except one of my bank accounts. When I tried > to download the internet banking software, I couldn't. > > Here is a selection of the "technical support" from the internet banking > website: > "you must use Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000 or NT4 and Microsoft > Internet Explorer" > "you cannot use Netscape Navigator because it does not provide the same > security technology as Microsoft's Internet Explorer" > "we are hoping to enable Apple Macintosh owners to use the service shortly" > > No mention of Linux at all! > > Is there a way round this? > > Margot
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