Complaint to Westpac

Posted by Jay on 30 August 2007 in Jay.

The following is a complaint I wrote to Westpac:

It has come to my attention that Westpac Internet
Banking facility has become increasingly difficult to access. With changes
to the login interface; removal of entering password via keyboard and now
only accessible via mouse. I cannot access Internet Banking only from
private and enclosed environments. I often require accessing Internet
Banking from public and unsecured places while traveling.

In addition, I came across an error message while using the Internet
Banking facility. The message reads as follows: “To access your Other
Accounts you will need to be using a Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5
or above, and a Windows based operating system.” Could you please suggest
how to proceed to “upgrade” my browser when I’m using Mozilla Firefox on a
Linux operating system?

Westpac’s move to “improve” the Internet Banking facility and limiting
access only by Microsoft products has driven away numerous customers. I
have already closed my personal banking account with Westpac in the recent
years due to poor quality in products and services.

What outcome do you seek?

Improve the Internet Banking facility so that
everyone can access it, anytime, anywhere, whether using Microsoft products
or not.

Save web page as image

Posted by Jay on 25 August 2007 in Jay, Ubuntu, Windows.

For Internet Explorer: IE7Pro

For Mozilla Firefox (plugin): Abduction!

My first word!

Posted by Lily on 24 August 2007 in Lily.

Today I spoke my first word: “Daddy”! Even though I have no idea what it means.

Daddy was so proud of me and he was over the moon. He couldn’t stop kissing me for the whole night.

Mummy said, “Fine! Don’t wake me up tonight. Daddy can feed you and change your nappy!”

GnuCash

Posted by Jay on 18 August 2007 in Jay, Ubuntu, Windows.

GnuCash is personal and small-business financial-accounting software, freely licensed under the GNU GPL and available for GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.

Designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible, GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports.

Scribus: open source DTP

Posted by Jay on 18 August 2007 in Jay, Ubuntu, Windows.

Check out Scribus, an open source desktop publishing application.

Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a combination of “press-ready” output and new approaches to page layout.

Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC color management and versatile PDF creation.

ArgoUML: open source CASE tool

Posted by Jay on 16 August 2007 in Jay, Ubuntu, Windows.

ArgoUML is the leading open source UML modeling tool and includes support for all standard UML 1.4 diagrams. It runs on any Java platform and is available in ten languages.