IE to Remain King?
Posted on November 10th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
According to YugaTech, Internet Explorer will remaing king of the browsers. Several of the reasons given hold water, such as the fact that IE comes bundled with all computers that ship with a Windows operating system installed. However, there are a couple that are flat-out wrong, like:
You want online banking? More or less, you’ll need to fire up IE. You want to pay utility bills with your credit card online? IE again.
I don’t know about you guys, but I can’t remember the last time I had to use Internet Explorer for anything that required security, a credit card or paying a bill.
Maybe things are different in the Philippines.
Tags: Elsewhere, Internet Explorer, Market Share, Parity, Security
3 Responses
Using
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 on 
Windows XP
Yup, apparently here in the Philippines, you still need IE to use some of our local bank’s online system. Even online bills payment for utilities like or electric company here.
Using
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.8 on 
Ubuntu Linux
The only thing I can’t do on my bank’s site is an electronic deposit of a check, but that’s because they don’t support Linux. Basically, their site has an addon that you can allow access to your scanner, so it can automatically scan the check(s) you wish to deposit. Sounds cool, but I’ve never been able to use it (mail-in deposits are free anyway).
Using
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.9 on 
Windows XP
Thanks for dropping by, Yuga. That sucks that you’re still forced to use IE for banking and the like, especially since it appears you like to use Firefox by default.