Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

[Michael S Czeiszperger <czei AT webperformanceinc.com>]

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I went to the bank this morning, and a little old lady was at the ATM 
machine. She was a little perplexed and asked for my help. When I looked at 
the screen I saw a familiar dialog:

Internet Explorer: Javascript error, would you like to debug? 
YES NO

I can't believe someone would build an ATM on top of Windows and Internet 
Explorer!!!! The poor old lady (and the four people behind her) had to wait 
around for five minutes while I tried to get rid of the error dialog. The 
system had a touch screen, but I couldn't hit the tiny "NO" button-- in the 
end it probably just timed out.

To add insult to injury, we all had to sit through video commercials on the 
ATM screen. I went in to the bank and complained, but the system was working 
OK when a teller came out, so there wasn't any evidence for them to see. It 
took about five minutes for me to explain what happened, and I eventually 
just gave up.

The operating costs of the new systems, including OS licensing fees and 
repairs have got to be much larger than the old ATMs. Hopefully the bank will 
figure this out
 
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Michael S Czeiszperger
czei AT webperformanceinc.com

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