The document critiques various web applications, particularly highlighting errors and user experience issues encountered on sites from banks and government entities. It discusses problems related to browser compatibility, improper error messages, and security concerns such as expired SSL certificates. The author indicates frustration with inadequate support responses and questions the reliability of outsourced web development jobs.

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2. I have seen many websites, those that belong to banks, gov, big companies commit unforgivable mistakes (blunders) ... some of them are here for you to wring your hands or laugh at them On most of the occassions, I have sent a feedback, only to be told “Use IE, not firefox” Hence this slideshow.

3. They wanted to go high tech and use AJAX but screwed up. Cheap contract outsource job, maybe? https://services2.hdb.gov.sg/webapp/BC31ISOP/BC31SController?hidPageClearAction=1&action And can you tell me what the error message means? It says “Explore does not support” What language is this?

5. The root cause is here: Never Bothered about Firefox, Opera, Safari browsers etc. Live ina unipolar world? function callPrjctAjax(thi){ var url="/webapp/BC31ISOP/BC31STestAjax?txtBlkNo="+thi.value+"&txtID="+thi.id; if(window.ActiveXObject){ req1=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); if(req1){ req1.open("post",url,true); req1.onreadystatechange=processReqChange; req1.send(null); } }else{ alert("Explore does not Support"); } }

6. Notice the Date?

7. AIG uses expired SSL Cert?

8. Isn't Firefox3 “above” Netscape7?

9. Notice the row of 12 checkboxes?

10. Cisco Screwup? I logged in with my account and what I see! Someone else's account!

11. I can't make sense of this, why not turn off error display to screen, Dear IRAS?

12. SunPage: I saw an invalid cert in payment screen, so I wanted to write feedback....

13. All this support guy can offer is...

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