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wanderer



Joined: 25 May 2003

PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 4:47 pm    Post subject: Macs and Korean sites? Reply with quote

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hwarangi



Joined: 17 Nov 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a Mac and I have had problems with Korean sites designed only to be used with IE.

I actually have a cheap PC netbook I use for Korean sites.

With this being said, it doesn't really affect me that much. And I still prefer Mac to PC.

I also use KEB internet banking which is specifically designed for Mac.
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ThingsComeAround



Joined: 07 Nov 2008

PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

use BootCamp or get Parallels/Fusion
get an older version of Win XP (OEM is okay I think)
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melirae1976



Joined: 07 Dec 2008
Location: the 'burbs

PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hwarangi wrote:

I also use KEB internet banking which is specifically designed for Mac.


You may have just made me switch banks! Laughing
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Caffeinated



Joined: 11 Feb 2010

PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

melirae1976 wrote:
hwarangi wrote:

I also use KEB internet banking which is specifically designed for Mac.


You may have just made me switch banks! Laughing


The KEB banking software for Macs is great but it doesn't have all the features of KEB online banking using Internet Explorer.

I use IE on my Mac via Parallels but all the additional security programs Korean sites want me to install makes Parallels crash quite often.

I really wish Korea would stop its love affair with IE.
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jb99



Joined: 16 Jan 2011

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I often have issues viewing Korean websites on a Windows computer, so you will probably have issues with an Apple computer, but I can see Korean websites being Apple friendly in the future with the popularity of the iPhone.
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jack_b57



Joined: 02 Sep 2010

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Why is Korea still hooked on IE? Why no widespread use of firefox? Why no use chrome and safari?
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ThingsComeAround



Joined: 07 Nov 2008

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jack_b57 wrote:
Why is Korea still hooked on IE? Why no widespread use of firefox? Why no use chrome and safari?


you don't understand Korean culture.
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jvalmer



Joined: 06 Jun 2003

PostPosted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 8:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jack_b57 wrote:
Why is Korea still hooked on IE? Why no widespread use of firefox? Why no use chrome and safari?

There was a law basically handcuffing financial transactions to IE.

http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/07/01/korea.no.longer.requires.activex.for.online.sales/

It's going to take a while before websites start to accommodate other browsers, if Korean consumers demand it by starting to use other browsers.
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