On Thursday 27 May 2004 11:44 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: > On Thu, 27 May 2004 10:54:19 -0600 > > Ron Hunter-Duvar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 27, 2004 03:05, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > On Thursday 27 May 2004 05:34, rikona wrote: > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > Compounding the problem is the widespread need to lie about > > > > browser type. This simply adds to the statistics favoring IE, > > > > and make them LESS likely to change when they look at the > > > > numbers. Some have told me less than 1% of users are non-IE! > > > > Maybe they went someplace else. > > > > > > </snip> > > > > > > Yes, I did. I simply told my former bank, that if they couldn't > > > make a standards-compatible webservice, then I couldn't trust > > > them my money. I don't think they had the faintest idea of what > > > I was talking about, though. Anyway, they lost a customer, and I > > > would never humiliate myself by letting my browsers pretend to > > > come from the dark side. > > > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > > > I've never stooped to pretending to be IE. That would just make me > > feel dirty :^\. I never even thought of the stats issue before, > > but now I definitely won't ever do this. > > > > I can bring myself to pretend to be Netscape or Mozilla, though - > > at least they're open source, and any stats count against M$. > > > > I'd like to be able to get these sites fixed, but the only way to > > get a Canadian bank to move on an issue is to get them looking bad > > in the news, or taking them before the Superintendant of Financial > > Institutions. But neither of these is going to care about a techie > > issue like this. In my younger days I enjoyed tilting at > > windmills, but I don't have the energy for it any more :^). I once > > fought for more than a year to have various bugs fixed in an > > online trading site, with zero success. Then came the crash, and I > > just cashed out and gave up on them. > > > > -- > > Ron Hunter-Duvar > > ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net > > > > Opinions expressed here are all mine. Rights to use > > these opinions are granted under the GNU GPL. > > I've always had to id as mse with Washington Mutual. I just > switched back to Opera for a min and checked. Still barfs. Two > years or more after complaining. > > Frankly though, my computer is a tool, not a toy. I keep my > fanaticism in church and use my tools however they work best. > > 1.5 cents > > Lee
I got a long form letter saying that it was Netscapes fault that my browser didn't work. However, they were currently using WebConnect and were in the process of rewriting thier "stuff" to be more compatible with later versions of Netscape. Since I didn't say anything about Netscape in my complaint email, you can see were it got me. Oh well, at least I can complain and if I could easily move my business accounts to the bank where I have my personal accounts I would. Thanks for the responses. DBW -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) --( )-- --0-- Never argue with an idiot. They drag you to their level and then beat you with experience.
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