Workaround that allows me to log into my bank?

Workaround that allows me to log into my bank?

Hello all:

I just got a new 0 dB, silent computer and have it running XP on a 8 GB solid strate drive. I thought I'd go for a super lean install, get rid of IE, OE and much XP baggage. So I went looking for a fast, lean browser - found Opera and installed it last night. I played with it for several hours, and am very impressed. Lots of very practical features, fast, and seemingly very little excess. It appears to be right up my alley.

However, it hangs after entering the userid/pw and pressing 'Login' on my online bank site https://webbroker.tdwaterhouse.ca/ . I found a 2+ year old post in this forum about someone else having trouble with tdwaterhouse - http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id=90429 .

I am happy to use a kludgy workaround if this is my only frequented site that doesn't work with Opera, but I do not understand the posted workaround:
Possible workaround: When the login fails look at the error message, copy the given address by clicking-and-dragging to select it, paste it in Opera and replace LogOnValidate with StartPage. Does that work? I do not have a Tools-Advanced-Javascirpt Console option, just a 'Java Console' and an 'Error Console'. (version 9.25, build 8827)

I'm really hoping that the suggestion is not to use IE on the TDWaterhouse site alone, as my initial attraction to Opera is to have a very lean, fast install of XP and my common web apps. I would like it if I could get away without installing IE and OE at all.

Thank you for any help getting TDWaterhouse working with Opera for me.

Hi TooSteep, and welcome to the forums.
Banking sites are notorious for this sort of problem...
Before anything else have you tried making Opera identify itself as something other than Opera? A good 80% of the time that solves a lot of problems.
Go to your login page, and before anything else...
Press F12>Edit site preferences...>Network. In the Browser Identification drop-down, choose "Identify as Internet Explorer". Before you close the dialog, go to the Cookies tab and click "Accept cookies", and on the Scripting tab, make sure that at least "Enable javascript" is checked.
Click OK and see if you can log on.

If not hit F12 again and try "Mask as Internet Explorer".
If you still can't log on try "Identify as Firefox" and so forth.

If it still comes up no dice, then, well, you'll need help from someone more competent than me:right:
Good luck!

Hello Wandering:

I just tried all of those options, and no dice - it still hangs after I press Login. Any other things to try?

Also I have an off-topic question about Opera - is there a way to tile 2 (or more) tabs in one user window? Lets say I wanted to read your post on one side, while trying the things you said in the other side on my bank window?

Thanks.

TooSteep: many ways to tile and otherwise arrange multiple windows. SImplest is just to drag tabs to titlebar: creates floating windows. Hit the restore button & drag to move/resize; can quickly arrange a couple of windows side by side. Use taskbar or Alt+tab to bring forward any hidden ones you need to see. To re-attach, open the WIndows panel, drag names back into group there. There are also preset tile commands in the context menu you get by rightclicking tabs (Arrange submenu); they work on all tabs at once, but you can minimize those you want to exclude from the tiling. Lots to explore.

Originally posted by TooSteep:

Also I have an off-topic question about Opera - is there a way to tile 2 (or more) tabs in one user window?

Just to add to BPM's post, there is also a button for tiling windows. It's natively present on the "Main bar", but you can of course drag it anywhere you'd like (I put it on the tab bar).
Tools>Appearance>Buttons>Browser -- drag and drop the "Tile" button (there's also a "Cascade" button)

Originally posted by bpm:

Lots to explore.

Yep!
As for your bank site, sorry We're now officially over my level of competence, but I'm sure others will hop in with other ideas/cures. The only other tip I'd have for the moment: Don't hesitate to write to the site's webmaster. They often aren't aware of problems like this because they never bothered to test in Opera, but are willing to fix them once it has been brought to their attention.

@TooSteep: This is a browser security issue. It involves frames and different domains. You should write the bank and tell them about it. Perhaps link them to this thread. Here is the quick fix. Here's how to install it. Here's a slightly more detailed explanation. You will also have to enable this setting (be sure to save).

fearphage: Thanks a lot for that.

It took 3 or 4 retries, and a few minutes before it seemed to kick in ??? - but it works now! Thanks a lot!

What I did:

1. Saved your file fix-tdwaterhouse_ca.js to c:\TooSteep\Opera\UserJS on my local HDD

2. Edited Tools->Preferenced->Advanced->Content->JavaScript Options... to include c:\TooSteep\Opera\UserJS under 'User JavaScript Files'. (Enable JavaScript is turned on.)

3. Went to your special preferences edit link and turned on : 'User JavaScript on HTTPS'
(I have a question about this? Does this JavaScript get executed with every site I visit? If not, how does it know to run it just when I am on the tdwaterhouse site? Thanks.)

Saved everything, exited, restarted and did a logon to tdwaterhouse.ca again.

Thanks again.

No it only runs on pages from that domain:

// ==UserScript==
// @include https://*.tdwaterhouse.ca/*
// ==/UserScript==

That means run on any page that starts with https:// and contains .tdwaterhouse.ca/

It shouldn't take multiple attempts. It should just work the first time.

I've decided this will be added to browser.js.
Thanks for bringing it up, and thanks to fearphage for the simple fix :-D