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Offline Simon

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Firefox 3 - missing yellow address bar for secure sites?
« on: June 22, 2008, 20:54 »
If you have upgraded from FF2 to FF3, and are missing the yellow address bar indicating an encrypted website, you may want to have a look here for a 'hack' which will bring it back:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-9974221-33.html
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Re: Firefox 3 - missing yellow address bar for secure sites?
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2008, 21:28 »
I never noticed that feature in FF2.
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Re: Firefox 3 - missing yellow address bar for secure sites?
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2008, 21:29 »
It was there.
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Re: Firefox 3 - missing yellow address bar for secure sites?
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2008, 22:45 »
i didnt notice that till I started using FF3... I can see it. I'm not sure I'd completely trust what Firefox tells you with those coloured bars anyway but anything is better than nothing for the average user.
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Re: Firefox 3 - missing yellow address bar for secure sites?
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2008, 23:51 »
I presume it works by picking up the 's' in https://, Sam, so it's probably as safe a guide as any.
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