[geeks] [Fwd: [IP] Red Cross needs network security tech volunteers]

[velociraptor]

On 9/13/05, Phil Stracchino <phil.stracchino at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> Dan Duncan wrote:
> > Tell me about it.  Both my credit union and my credit card
> > company have taken major steps backwards and "updated" their
> > websites recently so that after literally years of working JUST
> > FINE with Opera, Mozilla, or Firefox they no longer do.
>
> Yup.  State Farm did this a few months back.  I could no longer log in
> to access my State Farm Bank account, or to pay my bill online.  Telling
> them that it had worked just fine with Firefox for years just got a rote
> response that they didn't support Firefox.  Asking why they didn't
> support the second most widely used Web browser on the 'net just got the
> same response.
>
> So I closed my State Farm Bank account, and I now pay my insurance bill
> by mail, so it takes them longer to get their money.  Sucks to be them.

If enough people vote with their feet, it'll change.  Problem is getting
all the internet n00bs to vote with their feet.

=Nadine=