At 8:43 AM -0400 on 10/8/04, Kenneth Vann wittily wrote:
>Paypal and its parent eBay upgrade their software (the new eBay 2.0) on or
>about June 5, 2004. They no longer fully support Mac OS 9 browsers. Their
>new eBay 2.0 is designed to work with Windows computers only. They wont
>admit this, but that is what has happened.
>
>Here is what I have found out that does not work with Paypal.
>
>iCab, cannot change funding source, it gives you a new page asking to add a
>new bank account. Unable to complete payments because of this. Cannot send
>a trouble report by their web based system, buttons don't work when you try
>to send the report. Prior to this upgrade, iCab worked in all functions.
>iCab version 2.9.7 & 2.9.8
>
>IE, pages don't load, buttons don't work, this varies from day to day as
>Paypal changes the coding on each page. Unable to complete payments because
>of this. Prior to this upgrade, IE works in all functions. IE version 5.1.7
>
>Opera, will work but I don't like it. Opera v6.0.3
>
>Netscape, have not tried it, but was advised by Paypal support that it has
>problems also. Netscape v7.02
>
>In iCab, eBay will lock up computer with large amounts of disk activity
>and expand ram usage ( from 3-4mb to 40+ mb) when you have more that 3 tabs
>open. This experience was with a PB1400/G3/466 upgrade and OS 8.6 & 9.1 and
>an iMac/rev a, with OS8.6 and 256mb ram (with iMac its about 5 tabs open
>before I get problems). With more than three tabs open, it can take up to 5
>minutes of disk activity to open or close a tab.
>
>When I created filters to cut down on some of the advertisements, ebay
>started downloading 5k and 10k PDF files which were the ads I was trying
>to block. I guess this is what push advertising is. Push the adds to the
>viewer no mater what. I deleted my filters and deselected the PDF viewer
>in iCab to stop this. No other web site I have been to has ever done this.
>Prior to eBay v2.0 upgrade this was not a problem.
>
>Its important to note that of all the browsers for the Mac and OS9 or
>below, only iCab is still being upgraded. A good reason to support
>shareware.
>
>There are thousands if not millions of Mac users with G3 and G4 machines
>running various flavors of OS 9 or below. These users do not want to
>upgrade to OSX, some cannot upgrade, but their Mac's are fully capable of
>surfing the web. There is no reason not to support these users.
>
>This is not a problem where your machine is underpowered, this is a coding
>problem. They are using HTML to preform functions as though it was an
>application.
>
>Please call Paypal customer service line and let them know you want them to
>support Mac's and OS 9.
>
>PayPal US toll-free at: 1-888-221-1161 or please call 1-402-935-2107.
>
>Avrage hold time 30 minutes.
>
>Ken Vann
>
>
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I use Netscape 7.02 and I can access all features of eBay including uploading
pictures and I use it for PayPal and I can use all of the features there too.
You should try with Netscape 7.02, it works fine for me.
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