Hello, Am Dienstag, 2. Mai 2006 09:36 schrieb andreas.hanke@gmx-topmail.de: [...]
YES, at least my bank checked against you current versionnumber of Mozilla Firefox and I was told to upgrade (kind of fun as I just pulled it down via YOU seconds before on another PC) ;-)
I seriously doubt that the new version is really *required* for the online banking to work correctly. The bank shouldn't check the user agent string.
Banks _should_ check the user agent string - I'd call it a security feature. However, there should be a "I know what I am doing" link. BTW: You sometimes don't even need scripts to display such a warning ;-) Just include <!--[if gte IE 5]><div class="use-mozilla">Browser problems?<br> <a href="http://www.mozilla-europe.org/" target="_blank">Firefox. The better browser.</a> </div><![endif]--> in your page. This uses "conditional comments" invented by MS. You know from tv mystery novels when someone gets interrogated by police: everything you say can and will be used against you ;-)) Regards, Christian Boltz PS: Real-world-usage (in german) of the above html sniplet: http://suse-linux-faq.koehntopp.de PPS: There are Firefox plugins to modify the user agent string. Use on of them if really needed. -- Look at Debian... its stable, works on a variety of platforms.... and development is racing along at the speed of a turtle with 3 broken legs. [Joseph M. Gaffney in opensuse]