* Gervase Markham:

>> *grr*
>> Before this makes sense, you need to truncate the host part of long
>> URLs from the left, and not from the right.  And you must make the URL
>> bar mandatory by default (dom.disable_window_open_feature.location is
>> still false in the shipped configuration).
>
> Why is it when you suggest a security improvement, people respond by
> telling you about different ones you should make? *grr* ;-)

Because you've been ignoring the second sugesstion *for* *years*, and
phishing sites begin to pop up (pun intended) which exploit this to
display the expected indicators to the user.

> Yes, this is not a magic bullet on its own, and yes, it doesn't work
> if the user can't see the information. Happy? :-)

I would feel better if you actually fixed the location bar bug.  IE7
introduced this behavior to the audience and should have absorbed the
call center costs (or will so in a few more month, if you are that
scared of this change).
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