[ubuntu-in] Firefox in ubuntu: online transactions

[Mallikarjun(ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ್)]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Jkhatri <khatri.jatin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/28/2009 10:21 PM, Abhinav Modi wrote:
> >
> > 2009/10/28 Mallikarjun <mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com
> > <mailto:mallik.v.arjun at gmail.com>>
> >
> >
> >     On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Ravi Kumar <ra21vi at gmail.com
> >     <mailto:ra21vi at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >         On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Kartik S <drskartik at gmail.com
> >         <mailto:drskartik at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >              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).
> >
> >
> >
> >         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. :)
> >
> >     But *User Agent Switcher *addon for Firefox should help in such
> >     case. Latest version simulates IE 6,7,8.
> >
> >
> >
> > Not necessarily. User Agent Switcher only sends IE (or the agent you
> > configure) with the page request. There can be javascript code,
> > activex controls  etc which only works with IE, and not with FF or
> > other browsers.
> >
> > Regards
> > Abhinav
> >
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> > <http://www.employees.org/%7Eabhinav/blog>
>
> I'm able to open any https (443) sites with my firefox 3.5.3 ... PNB also
>
> Of Course you can open https sites, but there are some websites like
Deutsche bank login, some other I am not able to recall (Barclays If I am
not wrong) which will not open in FF, asks for IE
Also not all pages asks for, only some critical pages like login.

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