BillyK
@optonline.net | How to get yellow address bar with SSL in firefox 3
I just upgraded to Firefox 3 and so far I like it except for one thing. I miss the address bar turning yellow when I am on an encrypted page. Is there any way to turn this feature on again in Firefox 3? |
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Cabal
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join:2007-01-21
Boston, MA
| The yellow bar was deprecated in favor of the "Larry" passport system. If you want a louder indication of a non-EV encrypted site, consider changing browser.identity.ssl_domain_display from 0 to 1 in about:config.
If you *really* want that yellow bar, I have seen people post CSS code to do it on the Mozillazine forum, though.
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Fin
Premium
join:2003-02-22
EU | reply to BillyK
Check this page |
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BandHeight
join:2004-08-30
Portland, TX
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Regarding the location bar and security, you might also want to try the extension, Location^2:
»https://addons.update.mozilla.org/en-US/···don/4014
It changes the appearance of the URL making the top-level domain stand-out from the rest of the text. The URL segmentation can also be used to quickly navigate through the various sub-levels of the URL (kind of like Uppity but you can go directly to a level by clicking on the desired segment).
The URL returns to its normal appearance for editing, entry, copying, etc.
Here is some additional background on a proposal for the functionality of the URL / location bar, most of which can be accomplished with Location^2:
»wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3/Location_Bar
Note:
If you haven't already done so, you may also want to return your (not-so-)Awesome Bar to (almost) its FF v2 glory by installing the extension, Oldbar:
»https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6227
and then editing two (2) about:config options to these values:
browser.urlbar.matchOnlyTyped = true (default = false which causes all URLs, not just the ones you type in the location bar, to appear in the drop-down list);
browser.urlbar.maxRichResults = 50 (change to whatever number of entries you want to see in the drop-down list; I think 12 is the default??) |
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jeno
@bellsouth.net | reply to BillyK
The theme Phoenity Reborn changes ssl sites to yellow in the "Awesome Bar"...
Get it at AOM  |
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