tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523369.post3027740245324388449..comments2023-05-27T20:41:00.441+08:00Comments on The Second Sight: A Bunch of BankersEoRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08565450093920373243noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523369.post-71979560513377103582010-07-02T10:03:36.064+08:002010-07-02T10:03:36.064+08:00Back semi-ontopic, I use an Oracle Database suppor...Back semi-ontopic, I use an Oracle Database support site that does not work with IE8, which I am semi-pleased with, even though I have to separately open Firefox to get to it. IE at work, anything else at home is my rule.davidphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058558502885513909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523369.post-7495737889588480592010-07-02T10:01:17.573+08:002010-07-02T10:01:17.573+08:00Andy, come back! We miss you!
(It's good to ha...Andy, come back! We miss you!<br />(It's good to have you back after the 2 years off EoR)davidphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06058558502885513909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523369.post-73930569989255763282010-06-29T16:13:10.989+08:002010-06-29T16:13:10.989+08:00And it also appears that JPMorgan Chase Bank isn&#...And it also appears that JPMorgan Chase Bank isn't aware that it's the <a href="http://www.opera.com/company/investors/stock/holders/" rel="nofollow">largest shareholder in, um, Opera Software</a>.<br /><br />Foot, meet gun.EoRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565450093920373243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523369.post-28485792693350295192010-06-29T15:25:30.907+08:002010-06-29T15:25:30.907+08:00Chrome is rising fast in popularity (and some stat...Chrome is rising fast in popularity (and some stats give it a <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp" rel="nofollow">14% market share</a>, while Firefox is stagnant, so stating a browser is one of the 'big ones' is not an appropriate argument for a bank or other corporation (not so long ago, Netscape Navigator 3 was <i>the</i> big one). Of course, in the wired world, if a company won't let you in, you're only one click away from the next company... This is something that the large corporations seem unable to comprehend, and it's why large corporations are struggling so badly on the internet.<br /><br />There's also <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3" rel="nofollow">Acid 3</a> which Safari, Chrome, Opera all pass, while Firefox and Internet Explorer fail.<br /><br />If you mask your browser user agent to bypass the 'gatekeeper' on these sites they usually work perfectly well.EoRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08565450093920373243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523369.post-62436357068774167242010-06-29T15:16:58.927+08:002010-06-29T15:16:58.927+08:00Thinking is Real is offline indefinitely.Thinking is Real is offline indefinitely.Andynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18523369.post-44133696493832500132010-06-29T13:23:10.976+08:002010-06-29T13:23:10.976+08:00I once had a friend who fancied himself a web desi...I once had a friend who fancied himself a web designer - he deliberately coded all of his pages to bring up a smug error message if the user was on Internet Explorer, telling them to use Firefox instead. Unsurprisingly this lack of professionalism did not help his sites to become popular and most of them are no longer registered.<br /><br />I am unable to do my banking with ANZ unless I swap to Firefox, because Opera is unsupported. In fact, every other browser besides IE, Safari and Firefox will give you an error message. Why? If it's a lack of time to make the page work in every browser, then why support IE6 - an engine so terrible it fails almost every web compliance test? Surely that would require more work on the bank's end than, for example, developing a page that works in all browsers that pass <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid2" rel="nofollow">acid2</a>.<br /><br />Ultimately, though, it's pointless to argue about it since the majority of users WILL be using one of the three major browsers and those who do not are, for the most part, able to switch to one of the supported browsers for a few minutes to do their banking. It's inconvenient and outrageously poor customer service, but it will never change because the banks - these companies responsible for the safekeeping of billions of dollars - are unable or unwilling to do anything about it.<br /><br /><br />Anyway, I didn't meean to rant about banks for so long! I actually had a question: I came to your site through 'Thinking is Real', which I discovered a few weeks ago when looking up info on the Dingle case. Now it seems that Thinking is Real has been made private and requires a login. Since you have it on your blogroll, I was wondering if you knew anything about why it has been closed, or had some way of contacting the author? I'd really like to continue reading if it's still being updated.Rebeccanoreply@blogger.com