see http://techdows.com/2011/09/show-http-in-firefox-7-address-bar.html Change a couple of your '''about:config''' settings to see things properly on the location bar<br>&nbsp; * '''browser.urlbar.trimURLs''' change to '''false''' to see http://... prefix<br>&nbsp; * '''browser.urlbar.formatting.enabled''' change to '''false''' to remove formatting of domain name <br><small>Please mark "Solved" one answer that will best help others with a similar problem -- hope this was it.</small> ---- Directions for changing about:config settings are in the article, but the following provides more detailed information, and be sure to use the checkbox there to avoid the warning in the future. *[http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries about:config (entries)] details many of the configuration options and for users not familiar with the process there is * [http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config about:config (How to change)] * [http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/tabs_config.htm Tabs configuration] variables is a specialized list of tab related variables.