Lindsey 0 #1 February 16, 2008 Maybe the guy who hates tech-ignorant people can help...lol So I got this new Mac Book. Not sure I like it, but that's beside the point. BUT I can't get my bank's website! I can get everything else, but when I go to THAT website, I get a message about "being timed out" or needing to refresh my browser. ??? It's almost like it keeps going to that message because the site was down the first time I tried to access it....and now I keep getting that same page???? Anybody have any ideas how to fix it? I REALLY need to be able to access my bank account. Thx! linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #2 February 16, 2008 You probably have to download internet explorer and use that instead of safari. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #3 February 16, 2008 Really? Can you use Firefox on here too???? This thing is kind of a pain in the ass. Maybe once I get used to it I'll like it more though. But I AM pretty computer ignorant...lol. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #4 February 16, 2008 Yay! Fixed. Thanks! linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigway 4 #5 February 16, 2008 some websites only want firefox and IE used on them. try both. .Karnage Krew Gear Store . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andrewwhyte 1 #6 February 16, 2008 Ya, most macites I know use firefox. There is do way in hell I would install IE on my machine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
murrays 0 #7 February 16, 2008 I use Safari for nearly everything but occasionally run into sites where I have to use something else. TD Waterhouse webbroker - Firefox, all other financial websites I use Safari on. To pay business taxes like payroll and corporate taxes online I have to use.....Netscape. I think that is a requirement of the Canada Revenue Agency....wonder what they are going to do now that Netscape has officially been killed? Nothing intelligent like using Safari that is provided on every Mac I'm sure. I have a copy of Camino and a copy of Omniweb...both pretty good Mac browsers but I'm too lazy to synchronize my bookmarks so don't ever use them but once in a blue moon.-- Murray "No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets." - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #8 February 16, 2008 Occasionally, I come across a website set up by morons that checks the browser type and refuses to work if it isn't IE. For those occasions I use the "User Agent Switcher" extension for Firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59 It provides a menu option under "tools" that lets you lie to the website about the browser you are using. I can only recall once encountering a website that would not work at all with Firefox on a Mac. It was a Mopar site that oddly enough worked fine using the Mac's included Safari browser."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jcd11235 0 #9 February 16, 2008 As ryoder pointed out, usually such problems are due to poor website design. You should call/write your bank and complain. If there site was compliant with W3C standards, it would not matter which browser you used, with the possible exception of Internet explorer, which is out of compliance with many of the standards, despite Microsoft's significant input and influence in establishing those standards. Incidentally, the newest IE that runs on a Mac (under OS X) is version 5.x, and it does not run natively on Intel Macs such as the MacBook. There is certainly no shortage of browsers available for OS X. Safari, Opera, Camino and Firefox are all available, as well as a number of lesser known browsers, such as Demeter (my personal favorite due to its excellent design, superior speed and full support of system wide services), which are typically based on the open WebKit rendering engine. Switching to any new platform will involve a learning curve. If you give OS X a proper chance, and give yourself sufficient time to get used to the differences, I'm confident you will be happy you made the switch.Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
