[thelist] Mac runtime for java update?

[Martin]

William Anderson wrote on 26/7/00 5:54 pm

>> That said, my credit union has half-decent Internet banking that's likely
>> to
>> work OK on all platforms. I'm not sure if they operate outside of SA, so
>> using
>> them could depend on where you live. They're CPS
>> (http://www.cpscu.com.au/) if
>> you want to check them out. Their Internet banking might not have every
>> feature
>> that the big banks do, but then CPS don't have the insane fees that the
>> fucked
>> up big banks in Australia generally have.
>> 
>The Royal Bank of Scotland (my main bank) operate an excellent internet
>banking service, but sadly it's Wintel/IE only (uses x86 ActiveX controls).

My employer too (loosely at the moment).

Don't be surprised if it changes...

At the time it was developed, the only way to get 128 bit encryption
in the UK with a sensible development time and cost was to back up the
money truck at Redmond. The public position has always been that
other platforms will be developed as and when practical to do so.

It's just a factor of the stage of the development cycle that they
launched at - to launch it right 1st time would have meant waiting
18 months - 2 years, and not be first to market with a mature
product.

Independent reports are rating http://www.smile.com/ pretty
well at the moment, and I use http://www.egg.com/ for my credit
card - they've just worked out single sign-on for all their products,
which is nice.

But if RBS got the x-platform thing going properly, it'd be
fantastic. The actual product blows the info area:
>http://dbpc.rbos.co.uk/
(which isn't even on-brand) out of the water.
Yes, we've kicked the electronic banking people up and
down the Royal Mile about that area...

Cheers
Martin