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Planetouched, have you had any success with Bluetooth yet? I also have a Dell XPS13 and I have been trying for weeks to connect to my Amazon Echo speaker (or any bluetooth device actually), but all I...

Can you please tell me how you did it?? I've been trying on and off for over a year to install qtstalker!!
(Note: I am a very inexperienced Linux user.)

Hi,
Can anybody here please explain to me how to write a backtest formula in Qtstalker?
I think I know roughly what I want to write. It's just how the heck do I get it into the program, and then...

Tried it with IE 6, 7 and 8. No luck. still get the Java error message.

There has been a new development in the case:
I tried to log in again (using Firefox in Wine with standard default user...

Yes, they do prevent Mac also.
But there's no contract, and it didn't cost me to join - I just want to be able to log in from Ubuntu.

Thanks zipteye, I'll try it. Nothing to lose except more time I guess.

Than you so much for your help zipteye; I really appreciate it. (And nothing you suggest could be too dumb!)
Enable Javascript, SSL and TLS are all ticked.

The only thing that appears in...

asmoore82, I downloaded DrunkFox, but I didn't know what to do with it??
I extracted it, then double-clicked on it, but that just opened it in gedit?
How do I use it? What does it do?
Thanks for...

Thanks zipteye. I did that and got: Win32

Thanks zipteye; I only partly understand what you are saying, bur you have given me renewed hope!
I have been waiting two days to hear from the site's help desk.
asmoore82, I will try the drunkfox...

Sorry, I thought that finding a Linux-friendly stock trading site would count as a different topic from learning how to access a "Linux-unfriendly" site.
But I note that the responses are indeed the...

I cannot log in to web.iress.com.au to trade stocks. They are Windows only. (I've spent 5 days trying to get around it, but no luck.) So I would like to know if there are any trading options out...

Thanks JW and AS. I did run Firefox in Wine, but still couldn't log in. I tried Firefox 3.1.5 and 3.5. (I have a VERY bad internet connection, so I want bonus points for diligence here!)
I like your...

Thanks Bryan. I gave it a shot - same result.
I'm about to download Virtualbox.

Thanks NCLI, I tried it, but no luck.
Somehow, that $%#@ website still knows I'm not using Windows.
I even tried changing User Agent Switcher in my functioning Windows Firefox to make the website...

OK, I tried "pretending" to be Windows/Firefox by using User Agent Switcher, but I still got the same Java error message when trying to log in to the site https://web.iress.com.au/secure/form.asp
...

Great stuff guys, thanks!!

DaithiF, I will try what you said when I get home (I might have to read it a few times to understand it, but it sounds promising.)

sydbat, cf0531, pricetech and...

Wow, thanks for your replies everyone. I will try to answer all your questions:
beew: the site is https://web.iress.com.au/secure/form.asp but the problems only begin when I try to log in (and I...

I tried it. I got a whole bunch of lines like this:
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for xjc.
update-java-alternatives: jdk alternative does not exist:...

Thanks. I have removed OpenJDK, but I will try it anyway.

Wangsuda I think you have been VERY helpful. I think this is the problem.
How do you use Windows virtually?

Thanks TBABill. I just did as you said. Java plugin is installed.

I tried Chrome for Linux. Didn't work.
moopi, I found that "switcher" you were talking about. Cool program. I mucked around with...

OK, I figured out how to run Firefox from Terminal, but how do I check for errors when logging into my trading site?
(I tried logging in, got the Java error message. Nothing showed up in Terminal.)

Thanks for your replies, everyone.
I have the latest SUN Java 1.6.0_22 installed (as per NCLI's method)
The IcedTea and JDK are removed to avoid conflicts.

I tried running Firefox with Wine 1.2...

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