Can't write password on online banking

Question

My girlfriend has a problem, where she can't write anything in the password bar in her online banking. She has to write the password another place (f.e. in the internet adress bar) and then copy-paste it into the password bar (by pressing "cmd"+"v" - she isn't able to right click in the password bar either). Her friend has the same Mac (though Leopard) and the same bank - she has no problem. What do you think is wrong?

Answer 1

Some banks are notoriously uncaring and lazy about what systems and browsers they support.
Try reading these threads:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1893522&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1831414&tstart=175
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1828195&tstart=200
As it says in this document:
http://developer.apple.com/internet/safari/
"Safari complies with standards, but not all browsers do. This article explains how to design, modify and validate your website so that it can be rendered and read properly by all major browsers."
The bank/s need to read this:
"Safari is one of the most standards-compliant browsers ever built. Thus, your best bet for ensuring your pages render properly in Safari — today’s version and beyond — is to follow web standards. For a great overview of web standards, check out Mozilla.org’s article Using Web Standards in Your Web Pages."