[ubuntu-in] Firefox in ubuntu: online transactions

[Ashraf Ali P K]

Many sites offering online transactions are designed for IE only. We may
experience difficulty in completing transactions in this sites with firefox
and Linux. Using latest versions of Firefox and Opera for linux may help.
Ashraf Ali P K

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Ravi Kumar <ra21vi at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Kartik S <drskartik at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>  I tried paying my BSNL landline and mobile bills online using Firefox
>> 3.0. I could complete my landline transaction, but not my Cellone using
>> firefox. I also tried user agent switcher( Internet explorer) . Ultimately I
>> succeeded using windows xp in  virtual box(using IE of course).
>>
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> Yes, there are many sites, which proudly say they work on IE only. I cannot
> remember, but perhaps PNB bank site even says "For secure transaction, use
> IE only" and works with IE only. I don't know why? Mainly this is not wrong
> with the PNB, but those Software Giants in India, which has most faith in
> Microsoft technologies and had never peeked out of their room. They may not
> be knowing about the wornderful opensource available to us and the bleeding
> edge technology.
>
> So, perhaps, while browsing these sites, you won't be able to perform the
> transaction. You can try to use the IE4Linux (i guess the name is correct)
> on Ubuntu for those sites, or can have Windows on VirtualBox for such
> difficult situation. :)
>
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