Firefox killing off favicon in nightly build

https://msujaws.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/an-update-to-site-identity-in-desktop-firefox/

by joedevon • 14 years ago

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ryutin• 14 years ago

Good moves. Glad to see the URI scheme as a visible part of the URL.

tedsuo2• 14 years ago

Yes, I am currently annoyed several times a day when I copy/paste a domain from firefox and have to delete the http: from the front. Every time!!!

Edit: Looking again, I see they are not showing the scheme for non-secure sites. So the annoyance continues.

gnu8• 14 years ago

Suppose you just select the part that you want to copy instead of the whole mess?

Aethaeryn• 14 years ago

They're removing the favicon from the address bar. They're not "killing" them altogether. They will still be on the browser tabs. This is similar to what Chrome already does.

zobzu• 14 years ago

Indeed. Note that the SSL page without an EV certificate is difficult to see (shade of grey) compared to chrome.

pippy• 14 years ago

The favicon is still visible in the tab bar, having it in the address bar is a security risk.

I'd much rather have no icon there - it's mystery meat to the novice user and unnoticeable to the expert. It should be a large green slab during HTTPS sessions like Chrome.

msujaws• 14 years ago

Yeah, this is a sensationalist title. We'll still have favicons in the Awesomebar suggestions, tabs, and bookmarks.

joedevon• 14 years ago

I didn't realize that when posting the title. There is now a comment clarifying the tabs etc, but that wasn't there (I don't think) when I posted it.

chrisrhoden• 14 years ago

This is exactly the same behavior as Chrome already has. Linkbait, flagged.

varikin• 14 years ago

Why is this linkbait? Firefox is not Chrome. This is a new change to Firefox even if Chrome did it first.

ComputerGuru• 14 years ago

Linkbait because of the title (not that I flagged). They're hardly being killed off, they're just visible in one less place (and for a really, really good reason, too).

notJim• 14 years ago

The parent is saying it's linkbait because the title suggests that Firefox is eliminating favicons altogether (reaction: "Whaaat?! Why?! mash upvote button") when in reality they're just removing them from one particular place, which brings them in line with everyone else (reaction: "Oh, that makes sense continue scrolling")

Firefox killing off favicon in nightly build

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