IE vs. Firefox vs. Opera

At least until Firefox mobile comes out right?

 

Absolutely... as long as it's better than Minimo though.

 

just a quick response, dont want to drive off the subject of OP.
. well, FF mobile (or any other mobiles) might have a tough time cracking in this area. Though one Nokia model is being "testing" FF mobile out currently. Opera is guarding this niche jealously and agrressively

cheers ...

 

Most likely they don't work with other browsers than IE, which means you should:
1: Complain to your bank. If they can't manage to set up a web interface that *works*, it speaks ill of their competence.
2: Mention it to your school's IT people.
3: Use Opera/Firefox for everything else. This is why IE is such a scourge on the internet.

FF3.0 most likely won't "fix" this, because there's nothing for them to fix. Your bank (and school) has chosen to rely on proprietary Microsoft cruft, instead of the standards that have been available for the last 12 years, and which Microsoft has so far been unable to implement in their so-called "browser".
Your bank certainly need to fix their site though.

Help clean up the internet. Don't use IE except on sites where you absolutely positively have to.
That way, we may one day have netbanking interfaces that *work* without relying on *one* browser that exist on *one* OS only.

Also, Firefox has some excellent extensions that lets it launch IE automatically when you visit certain sites. IETab is my favorite. Browse to sites you've configured it to recognize, and it runs IE inside the current FF tab. So you don't even have to leave your browser.

 

HSBC, Citibank, along with BofA work perfectly fine for me in FF 2.0.0.14.

I RARELY EVER find a site that doesn't work in FF, unless it's poorly written, in which IE is forgiving enough to display.