Comments on: Switch user agents in the Mozilla Firefox browser

By: govind

govind — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:39:47 +0000

hey nix,

I’m also with other guyes here; kick ass of bank if they are not supporting Linux and firefox.

cheers

govind

By: Ed Seitzinger

Ed Seitzinger — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:58:31 +0000

I heard this as a rumor a few weeks back, and inquired of my bank. At first they did not know what Linux was, and after some discussion, they did some checking (I think with their webmaster) and their site is going to work with Linux now. I second the motion re pulling out of a non-cooperating bank. It is critical to move that way now…early in the game.
It is important for them to know that they serve us, not the other way around. Our money keeps them solvent.

By: Fred Tsang

Fred Tsang — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:05:14 +0000

hey nix,

no sweat man – thanks for your articles on linux tips ;) I’ll be watching for more from u.

cheers,
Fred

By: Marc Casillo

Marc Casillo — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:41:59 +0000

Those are great suggestions for tweaking the user agent settings. For sites that actually NEED the IE stiff, I find that ‘IE Tabs’ is a wonderful extension that allows you to change the rendering engine on the fly.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/

By: nixcraft

nixcraft — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:44:49 +0000

EastIndyGuy,

Good suggestion. I’ve already written to their customer support and waiting for reply.

By: EastIndyGuy

EastIndyGuy — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:23:09 +0000

The better solution is to cancel your account with that bank. When they ask you why, explain to them that you refuse to be forced into using a specific web browser to use their online banking. Companies are never going to learn to make platform independent solutions if people keep jumping through hoops to accommodate them.

You are their customer, they should accommodate you. Not the other way around.

By: BARTELS

BARTELS — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:48:15 +0000

Is there aversion which works with Win 98?

By: nixcraft

nixcraft — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:56:03 +0000

Fred,

Thanks for pointing out prefbar.

Appreciate your post.

By: Fred Tsang

Fred Tsang — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:51:55 +0000

Hey there,
I actually use prefbar (http://prefbar.mozdev.org/). gives u a few extra options (configurable) and the user agent is in drop down from the toolbar – my 2 cents ;)

cheers,
Fred