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I am surprised that they got rid of the padlock icon. I had to Google before I realized that they now use a colored section with the site name in the address ba

by ern 16y ago

I am surprised that they got rid of the padlock icon. I had to Google before I realized that they now use a colored section with the site name in the address bar to show a secure connection. Not very obvious when you first start using it. I wonder if this change is going to be disruptive for users who are trained to look for a padlock icon.

mbrubeck 16y ago
This is an intentional change because we believe the padlock icon is misleading and potentially harmful. Users were being told to "look for the padlock" as a sign that a transaction was secure, when really it means no such thing. It's important that users actually verify the identity of the site -- a "secure" (encrypted) transaction is no good if it's a secure connection to a malicious site. The new security UI in Firefox is designed to emphasize identity, rather than just encryption.