Mozilla added two nice new features in Firefox 3 nightlies that should help protect users from phishing attacks. The first feature will be familiar to those of you using the LocationBar2 extension, and it was actually added by the same person who developed the extension. The goal of this feature is to make the domain and subdomains in the URL stand out a little more. Here’s what the URL now looks like when you visit an article on our site:
As soon as you hover your mouse over the Address Bar all of the text turns to the standard black. This will hopefully make people more aware of the sites they are visiting, and I think that a feature like this should be in every browser. Although I am still a little skeptical whether emphasis should be placed on the subdomain since a lot of fake addresses look like paypal.phishingdomain.com.
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What else does it mean? It means type-in domains should get a boost, as more focus is put on domain names. For the same reason it also means domains will become more powerful in the user’s mind as more eyes focus on them.
Overall, a positive development for domain owners.
Does anyone actually think that bolding the domain will reduce or discourage phishing. The truth is that to be profitable phishig only needs one punter to respond from the millions of spam emails they send out.
If you are feeling generous feel free to send your bank details to chris@…..
All the same this new feature and other features go to prove that firefox is the leader in browser technology.
I prefer firefox to internet explorer anyday.