Comments on: Visualize blue https sites in Firefox 3 in a better way

By: Making Secure Sites More Prominent in Firefox | bT Square Peg

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By: -=Ben=-

-=Ben=- — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:39:18 +0000

Thanks Martin, you are the best

By: KC8DNE.com » Better IDs for HTTP Sites in Firefox 3

KC8DNE.com » Better IDs for HTTP Sites in Firefox 3 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:03:44 +0000

[...] Firefox 3 introduced a new coloring scheme and design for secure websites. You might remember that Firefox 2 displayed a yellow URL bar when the user was accessing a https site. This changed drastically in Firefox 3 which is now displaying blue, yellow and green colors in the favicon area on the left side of the URL. (Read more) [...]

By: Ameet

Ameet — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:30:14 +0000

stylish code:

#urlbar[level] .autocomplete-textbox-container > * {
background-color: #D0F2C4 !important;
}

This one is for green.

By: Kane

Kane — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:13:56 +0000

Does anyone know how to turn this into stylish code? Thanks

By: Nosh

Nosh — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:20:43 +0000

Nice tip. Thank you, Martin. :)

By: Scott Walsh

Scott Walsh — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 13:41:35 +0000

I was curious about the differences between the blue & green, so I looked it up. If anyone else is curious:

http://www.mozillazine.org/articles/article23974.html
(paragraphs 4 & 5)

Also, it looks like they use blue & green only; they stopped using yellow because IE7 uses yellow to indicate “…a suspected phishing website.”

Additional info about the Site Identification Button: http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/05/06/635/

By: Transcontinental

Transcontinental — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:51:25 +0000

Nice tip, logical, and security related. Thanks