On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Jkhatri <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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> > > <http://www.employees.org/%7Eabhinav/blog> > > I'm able to open any https (443) sites with my firefox 3.5.3 ... PNB also > > Of Course you can open https sites, but there are some websites like Deutsche bank login, some other I am not able to recall (Barclays If I am not wrong) which will not open in FF, asks for IE Also not all pages asks for, only some critical pages like login. > > > -- > > 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 >
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