No Student loans with Chrome or Safari

xoxoxoBruce · 04-09-2010, 01:44 AM

You can use Firefox, or Internet Explorer (I checked), but not Safari or Chrome, to sign into the Studentloans.gov website. I don't know why.

Griff · 04-09-2010, 05:51 AM

I have two sites I have to put work on for my students... no firefox.

Shawnee123 · 04-09-2010, 07:05 AM

Don't get me started on the new website. It has caused more problems as they work out the bugs. This has been a big headache for me the past week.

BUT, when it's running it's really so much better for students than the old sites. It took mandating everyone go to direct lending for them to give it the attention it needed, but it's really nice, when it's working.

I didn't know about the browser issue. Thanks for the info, I might need to know that!

Flint · 04-09-2010, 10:18 AM

Ha ha ha. Because, no matter how cool and trendy and hip you want to act, Internet Explorer by Microsoft is how you do any kind of serious business. Have fun whining about your superior web browsers that the cool kids use!

Clodfobble · 04-09-2010, 01:30 PM

Humorously enough, back when I upgraded to IE 8, my (rather small) mortgage company's website stopped working. I called them, and they confirmed that yes, the site wasn't coded properly to work in 8.

"Are you planning on fixing it?"
"No, not really. Maybe eventually. But for now you should just use Firefox."

classicman · 04-09-2010, 01:47 PM

How does that happen? srsly - I just don't get it. Is there some reasonably simple explanation?

Cicero · 04-09-2010, 07:41 PM

Yah, chrome denied me text edits the other day. Fail. I was pretty happy with it, and then....Epic Fail. At work.

squirell nutkin · 04-09-2010, 09:18 PM

Excellent! Now that I've switched to Chrome I can stop paying my student loans?

Righteous.

Srsly, though. Do I really have to repay those loans?

Flint · 04-10-2010, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Humorously enough, back when I upgraded to IE 8, my (rather small) mortgage company's website stopped working. I called them, and they confirmed that yes, the site wasn't coded properly to work in 8.

"Are you planning on fixing it?"
"No, not really. Maybe eventually. But for now you should just use Firefox."

Who told you to upgrade to IE8? If what you were doing was working previously, go back to IE7. Anybody in any IT department anywhere will tell you the same thing (go back to IE7), unless they are so overstaffed that they are literally sitting around twiddling their thumbs so many hours out of the day that they have nothing better to do but be a beta site for a browser that will undoubtedly undergo many, many patches in the near future.

Shawnee123 · 04-13-2010, 07:06 AM

Update from fsa listserv:

Quote:

In an April 9, 2010 Electronic Announcement on the Information for Financial Aid Professionals (IFAP) Web site, Federal Student Aid provided an update on browser compatibility for the new StudentLoans.gov Web site. Currently, Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Mozilla Firefox 2.0 are the browsers that have been certified for use with the StudentLoans.gov Web site.

Federal Student Aid is in the process of certifying Internet Explorer 8 and Mozilla Firefox 3.6.3. Until the process is completed, users may experience minor display issues when using these two browsers.

Federal Student Aid is also working to further expand the list of supported browsers and will inform the community and Web site users once it completes the certification process. The most current versions of Apple Safari are in the process of being certified.

Elspode · 04-13-2010, 11:09 PM

The last time I allowed IE to update, it corrupted my computer.

04-09-2010, 01:44 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No Student loans with Chrome or Safari You can use Firefox, or Internet Explorer (I checked), but not Safari or Chrome, to sign into the Studentloans.gov website. I don't know why. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-09-2010, 05:51 AM	#2
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I have two sites I have to put work on for my students... no firefox. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

04-09-2010, 07:05 AM	#3
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Don't get me started on the new website. It has caused more problems as they work out the bugs. This has been a big headache for me the past week. BUT, when it's running it's really so much better for students than the old sites. It took mandating everyone go to direct lending for them to give it the attention it needed, but it's really nice, when it's working. I didn't know about the browser issue. Thanks for the info, I might need to know that! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

04-09-2010, 10:18 AM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Ha ha ha. Because, no matter how cool and trendy and hip you want to act, Internet Explorer by Microsoft is how you do any kind of serious business. Have fun whining about your superior web browsers that the cool kids use! __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

04-09-2010, 01:30 PM	#5
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Humorously enough, back when I upgraded to IE 8, my (rather small) mortgage company's website stopped working. I called them, and they confirmed that yes, the site wasn't coded properly to work in 8. "Are you planning on fixing it?" "No, not really. Maybe eventually. But for now you should just use Firefox." __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

04-09-2010, 01:47 PM	#6
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	How does that happen? srsly - I just don't get it. Is there some reasonably simple explanation? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

04-09-2010, 07:41 PM	#7
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Yah, chrome denied me text edits the other day. Fail. I was pretty happy with it, and then....Epic Fail. At work. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

04-09-2010, 09:18 PM	#8
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04-13-2010, 11:09 PM	#11
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	The last time I allowed IE to update, it corrupted my computer. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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