- From: Mike Beltzner <beltzner@mozilla.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 12:32:57 -0400
- To: Thomas Roessler <tlr@w3.org>
- Cc: WSC WG <public-wsc-wg@w3.org>
On 8-Aug-07, at 10:15 AM, Thomas Roessler wrote: > Per ACTION-276 from last week's call, I've tried a rewrite of some > of the favicons material in the light of the discussion at our last > call; see: > > http://www.w3.org/2006/WSC/drafts/rec/rewrite.html#site-identifying > @@Web Security Context@@ > Editor's Draft $Date: 2007/08/08 14:11:27 $ [...] > Comments are, as always, welcome. Sorry to not have been on the call last week. I can tell you that the NECCESSARY techniques that MUST be implemented by a conforming web user agent (as per 7.1.3) are unrealistic in terms of meshing with user experience, and are, I think, throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Specifically the requirement to not show a favicon in the Location Bar. The favicon has become the visual avatar of a website, allowing for brand association, and easing several tasks including scanning through bookmarks, history and tabs to ease the task of locating (or recalling) a specific entry. This entire section seems to exist because security indicators presently look like favicons, and since the website can simply copy that image and make the favicon look like a security indicator, easy spoofing and confusion is possible. Was any consideration given to requiring that security indicators be made such that they are not the same size and format as favicons? So, in other words, not 16x16 graphics? cheers, mike
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