Saturday, November 11, 2006
iBanking, IE only?
CLARIFICATION!!: Please read this post for clarification on the Firefox and UOB issue. I did not say ALL Firefox browser CANNOT work with UOB. I merely posted information told to me by the technical helpdesk when I encountered difficulties with my browser (which was probably my own doing) and I did not distort the information in anyway. If you feel that I should have checked my facts before posting, then please, kindly call UOB and check with them what browser they support.
Now this is the original post.
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I'm a user of UOB internet banking, and quite some time ago, I was unable to use Firefox to login to my internet banking account. After calling up the techinical helpdesk etc, I found out that UOB does not support Firefox. WHY? They recommend using IE.
I made a comment to the tech that we all know how secure IE is, therefore why force us to use IE. Guess what, the tech had no comments at all. I think deep down inside, he agreed with me but of course he could not verbalise that opinion.
Till this day, I cannot understand why I cannot use Firefox to login to UOB internet banking services. This happened quite suddenly after a long period of me using Firefox happily.
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CLARIFICATION!!: Please read this post for clarification on the Firefox and UOB issue. I did not say ALL Firefox browser CANNOT work with UOB. I merely posted information told to me by the technical helpdesk when I encountered difficulties with my browser (which was probably my own doing) and I did not distort the information in anyway. If you feel that I should have checked my facts before posting, then please, kindly call UOB and check with them what browser they support.
Now this is the original post.
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I'm a user of UOB internet banking, and quite some time ago, I was unable to use Firefox to login to my internet banking account. After calling up the techinical helpdesk etc, I found out that UOB does not support Firefox. WHY? They recommend using IE.
I made a comment to the tech that we all know how secure IE is, therefore why force us to use IE. Guess what, the tech had no comments at all. I think deep down inside, he agreed with me but of course he could not verbalise that opinion.
Till this day, I cannot understand why I cannot use Firefox to login to UOB internet banking services. This happened quite suddenly after a long period of me using Firefox happily.
Comments:
funny, i have used firefox with UOB's internet banking for the past 5 years.
Desmond
Desmond
# posted by 
: 4:19 pm
: 4:19 pm
Well, using IE Tabs is as good as using IE.
IE doesn't only have security problems - it gives web developers like myself lots of headache.
IE doesn't only have security problems - it gives web developers like myself lots of headache.
# posted by : 6:45 pm
: 6:45 pm
Hmm. After reading all these comments, I think I should kinda take the tech's comments with a pinch of salt.
I'll try with firefox 2.0 once I get the time to mess around with updates.
Thanks guys!
I'll try with firefox 2.0 once I get the time to mess around with updates.
Thanks guys!
Firefox have been working with UOB internet banking all this while. Perhaps you have some extensions that are conflicting or preventing the bank's secure login script.
For example, you'll need to allow scripting if you're using the Noscript extension.
For example, you'll need to allow scripting if you're using the Noscript extension.
# posted by : 10:55 pm
: 10:55 pm
Firefox works with UOB, but the official statement I got from UOB was that they do not support firefox.
I had also been using firefox with UPB, until it suddenly failed to work. Might have been some changes in my browser that I was unaware of. Need to get that checked out.
I had also been using firefox with UPB, until it suddenly failed to work. Might have been some changes in my browser that I was unaware of. Need to get that checked out.
I've been using Firefox and performs UOB iBanking almost weekly without any problem.
The only site that doesn't support FireFox is JobsDB.com
The only site that doesn't support FireFox is JobsDB.com
# posted by : 12:48 am
: 12:48 am
By the way, I am using Firefox 1.5.0.8.
I will have to spend more thought into this to get Firefox to work cos I really do not want to use IE to access.
I will have to spend more thought into this to get Firefox to work cos I really do not want to use IE to access.
Well, Standard Chartered proudly states that it supports NN, Mozilla, FF and IE. Maybe you should change banks? LOL. :)q
# posted by : 5:00 pm
: 5:00 pm
Firefox/1.5.0.8 user here too, and absolutely no problems with UOB ib. Used firefox 2.0 at work and it's perfectly fine with UOB ib too. Perhaps DK should do some research before making the statement.
"Recommended by DK: "UOB internet banking doesn't support firefox."
"Recommended by DK: "UOB internet banking doesn't support firefox."
# posted by : 12:15 am
: 12:15 am
I'm innocent lor. I got the info from here. Am I suppose to verify every blog post before submitting to tomorrow.sg?
For clarification of this whole issue, please read my post http://elfshrine.blogspot.com/2006/11/why-my-firefox-could-not-work-with-uob.html
Please note that I did not say that ALL Firefox browsers CANNOT work with UOB. Just that mine did not. I do not know how to prove that, but it certainly did not work.
However, I have upgraded Firefox to version 2.0 and everything is fine now.
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Please note that I did not say that ALL Firefox browsers CANNOT work with UOB. Just that mine did not. I do not know how to prove that, but it certainly did not work.
However, I have upgraded Firefox to version 2.0 and everything is fine now.
