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Firefox killing off favicon in nightly build
- ryutin 14y agoGood moves. Glad to see the URI scheme as a visible part of the URL.
- tedsuo 14y agoYes, 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 14y agoSuppose you just select the part that you want to copy instead of the whole mess?
- jaredsohn 14y agoThis isn't a problem for me, but I have verified the behavior of the GP. An example: It displays as www.google.com. If you select those characters, copy, and paste you see http://www.google.com http://www.google.com
- tedsuo 14y agoYou can't, that's the whole problem. If you want the beginning of the domain, it will automatically include the uri scheme. So you cannot copy foo.com, you will always paste http://foo.com http://foo.com. 95% I want foo.com.
- Aethaeryn 14y agoThey'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 14y agoIndeed. Note that the SSL page without an EV certificate is difficult to see (shade of grey) compared to chrome.
- pippy 14y agoThe 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 14y agoYeah, this is a sensationalist title. We'll still have favicons in the Awesomebar suggestions, tabs, and bookmarks.
- joedevon 14y agoI 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 14y agoThis is exactly the same behavior as Chrome already has. Linkbait, flagged.
- varikin 14y agoWhy is this linkbait? Firefox is not Chrome. This is a new change to Firefox even if Chrome did it first.
- ComputerGuru 14y agoLinkbait 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 14y agoThe 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")