Elijah, Most often than not, explicitly restricting browser/OS support mean they know that other browsers and OSes exist :) The reason is mostly the allocation of development and QA resources. A CIO/CTO might have the following rationale behind the decision:
1. I only have a limited budget for software engineers and QA engineers, why would I allocate 10% of my resources to 1% (e.g. Safari, Opera, etc users) of my customers? (I use a Mac and I don't even use Safari.) 2. I need to drastically cut cost so I can get a better bonus this year. :) Writing to them about their lack of support will at least make them aware that users are asking for it. HTH jeff ----- Original Message ---- From: Elijah Alcantara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:33:18 AM Subject: Re: [plug] Bankard Drops Support for Firefox and Linux Baket kaya? I've been curious that most of these online banking systems only supports IE & Netscape browsers... buti pa BPI.. I have already asked hsbc support and the response is: >We wish to inform you that to be able to use HSBC's Internet Banking facility, a personal >computer needs to have a web browser supporting 128-bit encryption. All Internet Explorer >version 5.0, Netscape Navigator version 4.07 and other modern web browsers contain 128-bit >encryption. Please note that the requirement only discriminates against lower versions. What is so special about IE or Netscape..? haven't they heard of firefox, opera or safari? _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
