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04/19/2006, 12:20pm, EDT
Wednesday, April 19th
NIB cuts off Mac business users
The National Irish Bank (NIB) upgraded its online banking service over the Easter weekend, leaving Mac business users to fend for themselves. A report from Mac Information notes that individual Mac users cannot access the new system without an "ActivCard" -- which the bank has not yet issued to customers -- even as the firm halted support for Mac business users. Small businesses and individuals in Ireland who relied on business banking via Macs as well as non-Internet Explorer Web browsers such as FireFox can no longer access their accounts through the old system, which has been shut down in favor of the new eBanking website. NIB technical requirements for eBanking list only Windows 98/2000/ME/XP or Windows NT, with Mac support nowhere to be found. The bank's online ordering service is currently non-operational and customers are being told to phone their local branch. Agents at the NIB customer service center in Denmark offered no information on how long it will be before bankers will receive their ActivCards, according to the report.
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switch banks. fast.
For me this is not a good reflection on businesses who make this type of decision. Morons indeed.
(Actually the UK now has higher IE usage than the US).
HOWEVER - recent changes in EU disability law suggest that what NIB have done may actually be illegal. Web sites need to be as accesible as shops.
I look forward to IE7 becoming the new standard, simply because it does support web standards more closely. But I expect dullards will still put browser checks on their site, even when other browsers can correctly render it.
There are two different types of login, one which requires IE windows and the other for other browsers like Safari or Firefox.
http://www.nationalirishbank.ie/browser
A little research before stories like this goes a long way... Note: I have nothing to do with NIB.. just sortin out the facts.