[tor-bugs] #4157 [Tor bundles/installation]: set browser.urlbar.trimURLs false in torbrowser 2.2.33-2

Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki torproject-admin at torproject.org
Sun Oct 2 04:52:48 UTC 2011


#4157: set browser.urlbar.trimURLs false in torbrowser 2.2.33-2
--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------
 Reporter:  phobos                    |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal                    |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
 Keywords:                            |         Parent:       
   Points:                            |   Actualpoints:       
--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------

Comment(by cypherpunks):

 Replying to [comment:1 mikeperry]:
 > Hrmm.. One would hope that Mozilla actually did usability studies to
 determine the best way to make it clear to users that they were using a
 secure connection.
 >
 > Even if Mozilla didn't do any studies, the Chrome people also settled on
 the behavior of only displaying the scheme for secure urls.
 >
 > Surely at least one of them did a study before dropping the scheme from
 the UI for http urls?

 FireFox 7 does show the https:// for secure urls. It also shows the ftp://
 for FTP urls, I think only http:// is hidden. That said, the protocol is
 formatted in gray, but you can disable that by setting
 browser.urlbar.formatting.enabled to false.

-- 
Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/4157#comment:4>
Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/>
The Tor Project: anonymity online


More information about the tor-bugs mailing list