Mozilla won’t get you into Komerční banka

You might think the days of relying on proprietary technology are gone. Think again! I mean the case of
 the online banking service from KB being unavailable outside Windows, which was
 reported by the site Czilla.cz.

The mojebanka application currently uses ActiveX components and Microsoft’s
 Java Virtual Machine for secure data transfer. It therefore depends on
 Windows and the Internet Explorer browser. As far as we know,
 KB online banking can be used on Mac OS with a Windows emulator.
 We don’t have any further details
 on this.

We can only speculate about what ActiveX, Windows and Internet Explorer together provide
 for online banking security, or why a particular JVM is needed. 
 The fact remains that other banks offer their online banking services
 outside Windows. Let’s at least hope a fix is in the works.

Komerční banka is of course preparing to remove the dependence
 of online banking on one platform so that more users can
 access the service. Given the scale and complexity of the change,
 no date has been set yet. The rollout is planned
 for sometime in 2004.

The quotations are from part of an email response posted on the Czilla discussion forum. For completeness, here’s the official link to the configuration requirements for KB’s mojebanka service.