- From: Maritza Johnson <maritzaj@cs.columbia.edu>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:06:11 -0400
- To: Bill Doyle <wdoyle@mitre.org>, yngve@opera.com
- Cc: W3 Work Group <public-wsc-wg@w3.org>
On May 9, 2007, at 10:49 PM, Doyle, Bill wrote: > Citi bank has a padlock next to the "sign on" button on an HTTP page. > Pressing the sign-on button the user is taken to an HTTPs page. Is > this > over use of padlock icon? > yes. I would argue that it's an inappropriate use of a lock because users would take the presence of _a_ lock as an indicator that the current login box was secure, not as an indicator that they should click on the lock to reach the secure page. Apologies for the very delayed comment, this caught my eye when I was rereading the 'What is a secure page' thread ... Maritza
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