Flashes of Panic

When you get a new credit card (by which I mean “actual new plastic” whether or not it’s a new account) from Bank of America, they suggest you visit www.bankofamerica.com/activate to confirm to them that you have the new card.

When I tried that just now, I was met with a page headed “Update your Web Browser,” complete with mangled formatting, assuring me that I needed an up to date browser to meet BofA’s security requirements. Amid the garbled text on the page was a list of supported browsers, including, for Macintosh, “Firefox 2 and higher.”

I am using Firefox 3.5. I have to say, if Bank of America doesn’t think 3.5 is higher than 2, I’m not surprised we have a financial crisis in this country.

(“Safari 1.0 and higher” is also on the list, and Safari 4.0.x worked just fine, so at least some parts of the number line appear to be in order.)