https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61178
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Bug ID: 61178
Summary: Yellow padlock icons on HTTPS links. Unnecessary
clutter.
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
URL: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Thread:Project:Support_
desk/Padlock_icons_on_HTTPS_links
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: trivial
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Skin and page rendering
Assignee: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Reporter: mediawiki...@onlineanimals.co.uk
CC: krinklem...@gmail.com, matma....@gmail.com
Classification: Unclassified
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Intention:
MediaWiki shows padlock icons next to HTTPS links because a plone developer
back in 2003 thought they were cute. Nowadays more and more websites are going
HTTPS entirely, and this link decoration is unnecessary clutter. I discussed
this here, to figure out why this happens and how to switch them off on my own
wikis:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Thread:Project:Support_desk/Padlock_icons_on_HTTPS_links._Why%3F_and_how_to_switch_off%3F
...but with this bug I humbly suggest that the default should maybe be
changed.
Steps to Reproduce:
put a HTTPS URL on a wiki page e.g. https://twitter.com/harry_wood and
preview/save the page to see how it renders
Actual Results:
On the default mediawiki vector skin you get a small yellow padlock icon to the
right of the link. This is quite visually cluttering, making for unnecessarily
ugly wiki pages (and with no security advantage that I can see)
Expected Results:
The normal 'external link' icon would be better. Or at least we could phase-out
the padlock, moving to a more subtle blue padlock as used on wikimedia sites
Reproducible: Didn't try
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