In message <5281bd3323alan_cal...@o2.co.uk>
Alan Calder <alan_cal...@o2.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <110fbb8152.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>,
> Peter Young <pnyo...@ormail.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 17 Apr 2012 george greenfield <george.greenfi...@tiscali.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>
> [Snip]
>
>> > Has anyone managed to do internet banking with Barclays using NetSurf?
>
>> There has been a lot about this on c.s.a.misc, and it seems that
>> NetSurf can't access this site, as you say. Some people, not all, it
>> seems, have got in using Fresco.
>
>> It looks as if the days of doing internet banking with NetSurf are on
>> the wane.
>
> As you say, Netsurf can't handle the new Barclays' site. However it does
> work fine with my Bank of Scotland account. A little slowly on this RPC
> but everything I've tried seems to work OK. Presumably Halifax clients
> should be OK as well, BoS and Halifax being connected.
>
> Maybe frustrated Barclays users should just jump ship?
>
The annoying thing is, they (Barclays web design dept) probably don't
even realise they've broken a perfectly serviceable site. You've got
to log in to send a complaining email, so logging in successfully
deprives this particular complaint of much, if not all, of its force:
'Well the thing is, I prefer to use my antiquated computer with its
limited-functionality browser instead of a world-class browser on my
shiny Win7 PC to do internet banking...'. You see my point.
As to shifting to a NetSurf-friendly bank, how long is that likely to
remain the case? The world and his dog seem to require javascript
nowadays.
George
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george greenfield
