Oregon’s Health Insurance Exchange Site Only Works With Internet Explorer [View all]

[muriel_volestrangler]

The Oregon healthcare exchange website, CoverOregon.org, was “built and tested for use with Internet Explorer,” and may “not work properly” if used on other browsers, according to the site.

Users with a different browser will get this notification when attempting to sign up for health insurance.



http://www.buzzfeed.com/hunterschwarz/oregons-health-insurance-exchange-site-only-works-with-inter

It says:

Important: The submit button does not work when used with the Macintosh Safari or Google Chrome browsers. Please do not use Macintosh Safari or Google Chrome browsers with this application. We are not able to support the use of this form on Ipads or mobile devices at this time.
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At this time, it isn't possible to save this form and come back to it later. Once you start filling out this application online, you will have 3 hours to complete it. After 3 hours, your information will be lost, and you will need to start over.

On June 13, 2003, Microsoft announced that it was ceasing further development of Internet Explorer for Mac and the final update was released on July 11, 2003. The browser was not included in the default installation of Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" which was released on April 29, 2005. Microsoft discontinued support for the product on December 31, 2005 and removed the application from their Macintosh downloads site on January 31, 2006. Microsoft recommends "that users migrate to more recent web browsing technologies such as Apple's Safari."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_for_Mac