Lisa, I could be wrong, but I think it's a secured website. I know the upgrades are supposed to take care of those somewhat. It is that way with banks, and other websites. I may be wrong about this, but it makes me suspicious.
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: Lisa Ehlers <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [email protected] >Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 11:24:10 +1000 >Subject: [Braillenote] still having trouble with student loan web page >Hi Listers, >Okay I am beginning to think this might be an IE issue. I really hope the >next version of Keysoft can handle online payments. I got the same response >today when I tried the direct loan Web site. I tried filling out my >information hit the link that says proceed and the BN just showed 0 percent on >the percentage bar. It refuses to download the page after that. Why is it so >hard for the BN or IE to do something so simple? I wish I could be like >everyone else and pay their payments online. Instead I have to go to the post >office and have someone write my check for me and pay some outrageness amount >money to ovnight the payment overnight mail here is 3 days. This is insane. >Maybe I should just accept that life is friendsturating but this is insane. A >person who is blind should be able to pay their bills online like everyone >else. Especially since to pay bills not electroically means someone else has >to write out my checks. Even if I wanted to use my credit card I can't! > because I have to fill out a form where you guessed it on the direct loan > Web site. Paying over the phone is not an option with these direct loan > people. I just thought this would be easier. Once again I thought the BN > could handle something simple like translating a file or downloading a Web > page only to find out the BN does indeed have limits. I know the BN isn't a > PC. But for me it is my PC. Maybe everyone else has the luxury of having a > BN and a PC. Maybe I am the only user who only has the BN to use and not a > PC. I am not comfortable using the computer at work for this type of stuff > for lots of reasons. >Maybe I am the only person frustrated by this craziness. Perhaps I'm the only >person who is blind who chooses to pay their loan payments online. This Web >site even has an accessible mode and it was turned on. >Does PDI have anything to say about this? To say that that shouldn't be >happening or that I'm just going to have to get used to the BN's limitations >and start saving for a PC? >The Web site is >www.dl.ed.gov >You have to have an account with the organization in order to access >information about yourself. >Thanks for any help anyone can provide. I'm sorry for posting about this >again I didn't receive any responses the first time. This leads me to think I >must be the only one facing this problem. >Sorry to bore everyone. >If anyone can provide any assistance thank you. Thanks for your time. >Lisa >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
