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Using Konqueror set your browser identification to IE 5.5 on Win2k works fine
in this instance.
OSX is supported on lots of banking sites these days and the Apple Safari
browser uses the same HTML rendering engine as Konqueror.
You can do a similar
On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, David Uzzell wrote:
Someone should tell some of these companies there is an EVER growing
user who are no longer using MS products!
The worst I have seen is this one!
http://www.waterways.com.au/netscape.asp which comes up when you enter
http://www.waterways.com.au
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:22:14 +1100, Jamie Wilkinson uttered
I'm damn sure I have no java support on my laptop and I use CBA netbank
at least twice a week.
On any Linux machine I use for netbank, it is Java-less, and I've
experienced no problems at all.
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hmm...
gtop reports on this box, the java_vm needed 745272k to access CBA
netbank account
and with java off, CBA netbank still worked!
Cool!
now to adjust my laptop...
thanks
This one time, at band camp, Rick Welykochy wrote:
One final note: THAT BANK is about the only bank that seems to
Rick Welykochy was once rumoured to have said:
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Crossfire wrote:
As for those who are speaking out against Java, if you seriously think that C
is a better alternative for writing reliable/robust applications, I suggest
you toddle off and have your head examined. Part of
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Crossfire wrote:
Compared to Perl, Java is an insecure platform that does *not* reach its goal
of write once run anywhere. Perl can do this admirably. And securely.
*cackle*
You think Perl is a Java competitor?
I haven't laughed quite so hard in a while.
Rick Welykochy was once rumoured to have said:
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Crossfire wrote:
Compared to Perl, Java is an insecure platform that does *not* reach
its goal of write once run anywhere. Perl can do this admirably. And
securely.
*cackle*
You think Perl is a Java
Rick Welykochy was once rumoured to have said:
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Simon Males wrote:
Yeah Java is more secure, but boy does it love chewing you CPU and
memory in the process... just to find out that your bank has invented
another bank fee.
Can you explain to the list how a
I have the same problem with Java as I have with flash, when it comes to
the webs. If you don't have java/flash enabled on your browser at times
you are limited, to where you can go because of bad web development.
When you have the plugins enabled you have to wait for the useless
application and
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, Crossfire wrote:
As for those who are speaking out against Java, if you seriously think that C
is a better alternative for writing reliable/robust applications, I suggest
you toddle off and have your head examined. Part of Java's charm is that it
is harder to write code
On Mon, 26 Jan 2004, ksaenz wrote:
Sun just marketed Java badly it could have killed c/c++, and most other languages,
due to it's
portability. This is just me and I think java had it's day. Perl rules
Java could never kill C/C++. The latter are low-level programming languages that
generate
ksaenz wrote:
This is just me and I think java had it's day. Perl rules
;)
And Perl hasn't had it's day (on the web)? :P
cheers,
Brad
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Grant Parnell wrote:
Trust me on this, call back and bluff your way through saying you're
running Windows 98. Might take several calls and you'll need to try to
hold off identifying yourself.
Also, for the sake of the thread, StGeorge also use Java.. at least I
think they're slightly more
Kevin Saenz wrote:
Sadly I had no resolve. Are most commonwealth bank support people this
brain dead? :)
I don't know if it's still the case, but some years ago Commonwealth
Bank support was outsourced to a company which provided minimal training
to the support staff. The staff weren't brain
On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 15:09, Kevin Saenz wrote:
[Support person] So you are using Windows XP?
Try not fighting it so much...
meDo You support Linux?
[Support] Huh???
meHang on going to another computer, yes XP.
When you get the point of windows only simply start answering yes and
try and get
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 07:03:41PM +1100, Ken Foskey wrote:
Note: When they say reboot tell them to hang on and wait a little while
That's when I go and refill the coffee. g
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This one time, at band camp, Rick Welykochy wrote:
One final note: THAT BANK is about the only bank that seems to require
a Java client.
I'm damn sure I have no java support on my laptop and I use CBA netbank
at least twice a week.
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I don't have a commonwealth bank account but earlier today I was sent 4
scam emails that looked like official comm bank emails asking me to
confirm my userid and password..
On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 20:22, Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
This one time, at band camp, Rick Welykochy wrote:
One final note:
Yeah Java is more secure, but boy does it love chewing you CPU and
memory in the process... just to find out that your bank has invented
another bank fee.
Can you explain to the list how a client-side application (Java)
can be considered more secure that a server-side application (CGI)
Java sux.
Wasn't java used by Dinosours and went extint with them? ;)
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:53:26 +1100 (EST)
Rick Welykochy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can you explain to the list how a client-side application (Java)
can be considered more secure that a server-side application (CGI)
running on the web server? The former can theoretically rip into your
machine
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kevin, unfortunately this is not just limited to the banks.
I called optus tech support a week or so ago because we were having no
end of problems with connecting to the internet and all,
I was asked to go to my network places and promptly told the
Trust me on this, call back and bluff your way through saying you're
running Windows 98. Might take several calls and you'll need to try to
hold off identifying yourself.
Also, for the sake of the thread, StGeorge also use Java.. at least I
think they're slightly more receptive saying they
On Sat, 2004-01-24 at 11:13, Grant Parnell wrote:
I also use ANZ, javascript/http/https, works real nice.
Yeah, they're not bad. Pretty clean. One of the better (in terms of the
requirements of this thread) online banking interfaces I've seen
globally.
Also for completeness, despite the above
Well this is my little story.
I logged on to netbanking to check my accounts java popped up with a
verisign issue. So I decided to call commonwealth bank. This is what I
get.
[Support person] So you are using Windows XP?
[me] No, I'm using Linux
[Support person] Can you open up My Computer?
[me]
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Kevin Saenz wrote:
[Support person] So you are using Windows XP?
[me] No, I'm using Linux
[Support person] Can you open up My Computer?
[me] I am not using windows I am using Linux.
[Support person] Can you spell the operating system you are using?
[me] Linux,
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Kevin Saenz wrote:
[Support person] We don't support that operating system and the version
of java you are using needs to be updated.
[me] thanks that helped me a lot bye.
Sadly I had no resolve. Are most commonwealth bank support people this
brain dead? :)
You are
This one time, at band camp, Kevin Saenz wrote:
Well this is my little story.
I logged on to netbanking to check my accounts java popped up with a
verisign issue. So I decided to call commonwealth bank. This is what I
get.
I'm using cba netbank without java... what if you disable it?
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Well this is my little story.
I logged on to netbanking to check my accounts java popped up with a
verisign issue. So I decided to call commonwealth bank. This is what I
get.
I'm using cba netbank without java... what if you disable it?
I think there is only java based ads in CBA.
Yeah Java is
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:09:43 +1100, Kevin Saenz wrote
Well this is my little story.
I logged on to netbanking to check my accounts java popped up with a
verisign issue.
One of the intermediate signing certificates in Verisign's chain expired
earlier this month. The applet should still be
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Simon Males wrote:
Yeah Java is more secure, but boy does it love chewing you CPU and
memory in the process... just to find out that your bank has invented
another bank fee.
Can you explain to the list how a client-side application (Java)
can be considered more secure
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Nick Wilcox wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:09:43 +1100, Kevin Saenz wrote
Well this is my little story.
I logged on to netbanking to check my accounts java popped up with a
verisign issue.
One of the intermediate signing certificates in Verisign's chain expired
Rick Welykochy wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Simon Males wrote:
Yeah Java is more secure, but boy does it love chewing you CPU and
memory in the process... just to find out that your bank has invented
another bank fee.
Can you explain to the list how a client-side application (Java)
can be
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