On 10/28/2009 10:21 PM, Abhinav Modi wrote: > > 2009/10/28 Mallikarjun <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Ravi Kumar <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Kartik S <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > I tried paying my BSNL landline and mobile bills online > using Firefox 3.0. I could complete my landline > transaction, but not my Cellone using firefox. I also > tried user agent switcher( Internet explorer) . Ultimately > I succeeded using windows xp in virtual box(using IE of > course). > > > > Yes, there are many sites, which proudly say they work on IE > only. I cannot remember, but perhaps PNB bank site even says > "For secure transaction, use IE only" and works with IE only. > I don't know why? Mainly this is not wrong with the PNB, but > those Software Giants in India, which has most faith in > Microsoft technologies and had never peeked out of their room. > They may not be knowing about the wornderful opensource > available to us and the bleeding edge technology. > > So, perhaps, while browsing these sites, you won't be able to > perform the transaction. You can try to use the IE4Linux (i > guess the name is correct) on Ubuntu for those sites, or can > have Windows on VirtualBox for such difficult situation. :) > > But *User Agent Switcher *addon for Firefox should help in such > case. Latest version simulates IE 6,7,8. > > > > Not necessarily. User Agent Switcher only sends IE (or the agent you > configure) with the page request. There can be javascript code, > activex controls etc which only works with IE, and not with FF or > other browsers. > > Regards > Abhinav > > -- > http://www.employees.org/~abhinav/blog > <http://www.employees.org/%7Eabhinav/blog>
I'm able to open any https (443) sites with my firefox 3.5.3 ... PNB also -- Jatin Khatri Web www.khatrijatin.co.nr <http://www.khatrijatin.co.nr/> www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Jatin <http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Jatin> Phone (+91) 98250 20393 * Save Paper, Save Environment. * /*(Plant at least one tree in your life and nurture it !!!)*/ -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
