Closed Bug 481248 Opened 15 years ago Closed 6 years ago

domain indicator flashes briefly on HTTPS pages that load HTTP content

Categories

(Firefox :: Address Bar, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Address Bar
Version:
3.5 Branch
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INACTIVE

People

(Reporter: sayrer, Unassigned)

References

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URL
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Details

Use the back/forward buttons to navigate to the page in the URL, and you'll see the domain indicator flash. Janky.
Summary: domain indicator flashes briefly on HTTP pages that load HTTP content → domain indicator flashes briefly on HTTPS pages that load HTTP content
OS: Mac OS X → All
Hardware: x86 → All
Version: unspecified → 3.1 Branch
It would always flash blue, it was just more subtle.  Same thing happens on EV sites that are serving mixed content.

Also, not to defend it, because it's terrible UI for surfacing this, but it's the only thing that attracts attention to the "hey, this is SSL, but not really" situation.  Until I re-enabled this a few weeks back, I'd stopped noticing when SSL was broken (mostly on sites I don't care about, but still)
Per policy at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Inactive_Bugs. If this bug is not an enhancement request or a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox, then it may be reopened.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → INACTIVE
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