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on ffox4 where is padlock icon that denotes secure website

roger1
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in firefox 3 the padlock icon in lower right hand corner of screen indicated an https web page. in firefox 4 this icon is missing-at least in my installation. is there a way to get this back in ff4?

in firefox 3 the padlock icon in lower right hand corner of screen indicated an https web page. in firefox 4 this icon is missing-at least in my installation. is there a way to get this back in ff4?

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the-edmeister
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The "Site Identity button", which provides a lot more pertinent information about a web site, was introduced in Firefox 3, and was used along with the "Security Lock icon"; that "Lock icon" was finally removed from Firefox 4 versions.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Site+Identity+Button
http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/05/06/635/
This extension will add a "lock" in the S-I-B display.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/padlock-icon/