You've just installed the mostly estimable Firefox 3. Now you proceed to make an online purchase and head straight for the checkout page. The page claims to be secure, but...whoa! Where's the little lock that used to be to the right of the address? Why isn't the entire address yellow, signifying a secure site? Because, in the words of the immortal Dr. John, "Somebody changed the lock."
Oh, it's still around. It just moved to the status bar down in the lower-right corner of the window. You can almost see the justification for the change: Showing the lock there has a long history, particularly with Internet Explorer. You could argue that a lock in that spot is the de facto indicator of a secure page, and that it's simpler to tell users to look there for the icon. But putting the lock beside the address makes so much sense that Microsoft moved it to that spot in Internet Explorer 7. Smart move. Firefox should have stuck to its guns.
by Anonymous (not verified) on 8/26/08 at 9:13 pm |reply
FF3 is currently my
FF3 is currently my favourite brand, and i do approx. 14 hours of surfing with FF3 only daily. This shows how much its important to me. It has great powerful plugins support, BTW, recently there were security issue in IE 8 and MS people have to provide patch in system to avoid security problems. SEO CompanyWeb DevelopmentSSL CertificateEcommerce Website Design
by Johnny (not verified) on 12/19/08 at 1:13 am |reply
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
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