OCBC cannot work with Ubuntu
by Leion on Jan.13, 2008, under Technology
I am disappointed that my favorite bank (previously) cannot work with Ubuntu.
Whenever I have a choice, I will use Firefox as my browser. For many years, I have been able to access the OCBC bank’s site without any issues. That is because I had been using Windows. Now that I have decided to embrace linux, I have thought that i will be able to access the site with Firefox. I find that I am not able to access my bank account online. The main page just refuses to load. I get a blank page on the main page. It loads forever without actually being able to complete loading. Well, who cares about the main page, all I need is the internet banking page to load properly. Hence, using a windows machine, I went and write down the OCBC internet log in page.
With the URL, I logged into my Ubuntu and fired up Firefox. I keyed in the URL and pressed enter. The page loaded. I thought my battle was over. I will be able to log in after all. But alas, I was wrong. The page, and the java applet, is able to detect wrong password. However, when I keyed in the correct password, the page just refreshed. Period. I have tried this for a dozen times and that’s it. Refresh on correct log in. Update: Removing the .sg in the URL solved the issue. I am finally able to log in again.
Contacting their helpdesk has not help. They just refer me to a outdated link on their “Recommended software requirements” page. I cannot help but think, why am I able to log into POSB and Maybank‘s online systems without any issue.
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