Completely agree. HTTP isn't affected by any of the politicking going on in Mozilla, but it certainly affects users. Purporting to be a user-agent, Mozilla (and

Completely agree. HTTP isn't affected by any of the politicking going on in Mozilla, but it certainly affects users. Purporting to be a user-agent, Mozilla (and to a degree the other big browsers) have taken away a few of the sharp objects lying around, to extend protection to less savvy users. When I think about my old grandma or my oblivious inlaws downloading "free games" and constantly getting scammed or infected with viruses, this whole HTTPS thing seems awfully ridiculous. The internet is full of websites that will grift you if you aren't careful. I think the other part of it is also that FF is trying to position itself as the browser for security-conscious users. Hence the aggressive blocking... whether it works or not is another question.