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and they should definitely stop doing that. for me seeing Java on the client side is a sign of bad development.
by integricho 13y ago
and they should definitely stop doing that. for me seeing Java on the client side is a sign of bad development.
- calibwam 13y agoThey will. It was announced earlier this year that the Norwegian banks will move over to a HTML5/js authentication. The government identification has been the same as the banks, so that too will disappear.
- josteink 13y agoSeeing browser-developers ignore the real world and just go ahead with their agendas unconcerned about how it affects the actual users of their browser is also a sign of bad development.
- nknighthb 13y agoBanks in some countries having their heads in the sand for 15 years is not a reason to continue endangering the global economy. It's time for Norway to pull itself out of the dark ages.
- marvin 13y agoYou have to stop and think for a moment, though - it's kind of cool that the Firefox development team can basically say "Norwegian authorities - you need to ditch your $100 million outdated software solution because it is unsafe, and we are going to announce this to all your users".
- Silhouette 13y agoNot so cool if you're a Norwegian taxpayer, one suspects.
- unhammer 13y agoAs a Norwegian taxpayer, I disagree :-) I don't know a single Norwegian who actually enjoys having to update Java again (and anyone who's turned on the news in the last 3 years here has heard of Java security holes). (And if this really is just a click-to-play type inconvenience, well, that's a hell of a lot less than the hoops that users are used to going through in order to get into their BankID banks here.)
- PakG1 13y agoGovernments and banks. They are not exactly known for hiring the best and implementing best practices, regardless of what you think of Java on the client side. Exhibit A: healthcare.gov