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Online Banking Customers Migrating To Lynx

Posted by Soulskill on from the browsers-with-character dept.

Jibbler writes "Following the recent Pwn2Own competition, in which Firefox, IE8 and Safari all fell quickly to exploits, Netcraft has observed a surge in popularity of the text-based Lynx browser. Netcraft points out that Lynx supports the latest cryptographic ciphers, and at least one online banking site has seen Lynx usage overtake that of Internet Explorer and Firefox. To boost Lynx's excellent security history, Netcraft has even developed a version of its anti-phishing toolbar for Lynx."

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  1. If only... by clang_jangle · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You laugh, but I tried to access my accounts using elinks. Alas, the asshats who code for my bank can barely code a site that works with Opera.

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  2. The Web on April 1st by castorvx · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Makes me want to delete my web browser.

  3. Re:My ASCII Art Collection is back in vogue by uncledrax · · Score: 4, Insightful

    By the look of it, you'll still be waiting..

    Might I recommend using the code post type in the future? :]

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  4. Not funny when it's obvious AND predictable by blind+biker · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you want to make a good, truly funny April's Fool joke, you should have a very minimum of talent/inspiration, which the Slashdot editors don't.

    You will notice that on Slashdot, on the 1st of April, there isn't one hidden joke-story submission, but that they are all or almost all such. This makes ALL of them un-funny. There's not "ha, you got me!" or "OK, that was actually a creative one." - there's nothing. It only really makes Slashdot look utterly, pitifully pathetic.

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  5. Re:Why not? Ascii is everything. by Dr.+Eggman · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This totally explains what happened to computer displays in futuristic sci-fi movies like Alien...

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  6. Re:Is this it? by The+Elven+Archer · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe *ALL* the world is a great April Fools Story... ...I hope...

  7. Could have been plausible, but you overplayed it by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "at least one online banking site has seen Lynx usage overtake that of Internet Explorer and Firefox"

    See, that's where it really went off the plausibility deep end. A good April Fool's joke can't be so obvious. It requires a touch of subtlety.

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  8. Re:Is this it? by Binestar · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I agree, the achievement itself is an april fools joke, I don't think it actually exists.

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