[Ti] Microsoft standards - was :Browser Troubles

[David DelMonte]

Trevor, have you tried Firefox or Camino to access your Banks? I have 
the same problem with access to my credit union. Safari can't get it, 
but these other browsers can.

What upsets me though is that if all the other browsers can access my 
Bank, why can't Safari?

David


On Nov 24, 2004, at 12:46 AM, Dr. Trevor J. Hutley wrote:

> At 00:05 -0600 23/11/04, Chris Olson wrote:
>> Safari is a fairly new browser undergoing constant development. I've 
>> found it to be not only the best, but also the best integrated 
>> browser for Mac OS X.  It works fine on ~99% of the sites I use or 
>> visit,
>> What's really sad is that Safari is a standards-compliant browser, 
>> while we have many website developers who develop to Microsoft 
>> standards.  And Microsoft standards are somewhat different.  How does 
>> Bill Gates change a light bulb?  He doesn't  He declares darkness the 
>> new standard.
>
> I use Safari (1.2.4) with 10.3.6, and I also find that for 99% plus 
> sites it works fine.
>
> I find it very annoying that BANKS seem to be the least standards 
> compliant.
>
> The internet banking of the Saudi-British Bank (SABB.com) is very 
> simple and effective to use, BUT it will only work via IE on a PC. 
> This is one of my few "needs" for Virtual PC.
>
> Is there a professional way we can approach these deviant 
> (non-standard-compliant) sites ?  Somewhere to refer them to, as to 
> how to correctly write and set-up a site to be standards compliant? 
> Rather than just sending a rude letter?  So that we can contribute to 
> a better web future.
>
> If so, I can probabll;y select 5 sites that fit that category, and 
> will send off the appropriate information, with a demand for 
> compliance by a certain time, otherwise else I will send a letter  to 
> the press or something similar, to get them in to action....
>
> regards,  Trevor
> __________