REQ: Better secure site notification

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Peter in New Zealand

I use the Internet a heck of a lot for mission critical stuff like banking,
paying accounts, purchasing, research, etc. I am a country area in the deep
south of New Zealand, that's why. The Internet is an incredible advantage
for me. I use (mostly) IE6. Please, no bricks, I just like the way it works,
and it is better on my banking site than the others. There is just one silly
little niggle that I have though, and I am wondering if there is an add on,
or plug in, or IE shell around that will solve it for me. The tiny little
padlock that indicates I am on (or not on as the case may be) a secure site.
For such an important indication it seems real daft to have something so
tiny. Admittedly my eyes are not 100%, and I do miss seeing clearly whether
it is open or shut at times. Surely for something so important a better idea
would be for the whole border of the browser window to turn red or
something, or the title bar, or, for heaven's sake, a bigger indication
icon, or something. Does anyone know of something out there that does it
better (for my old eyes anyway please)? Many thanks in advance.
 
Hmm. There's nothing of the sort for IE that I know of. At the risk
of being obnoxious, though, I would like to note that the latest
version of Firefox makes the address bar background yellow when you're
browsing in secure mode, a change that is hard to miss.
Clint Olson
co-n-co at mochamail dot com
 
Hmm. There's nothing of the sort for IE that I know of. At the risk
of being obnoxious, though, I would like to note that the latest
version of Firefox makes the address bar background yellow when you're
browsing in secure mode, a change that is hard to miss.
Clint Olson
co-n-co at mochamail dot com
 
Peter said:
I use the Internet a heck of a lot for mission critical stuff like banking,
paying accounts, purchasing, research, etc. I am a country area in the deep
south of New Zealand, that's why. The Internet is an incredible advantage
for me. I use (mostly) IE6. Please, no bricks, I just like the way it works,
and it is better on my banking site than the others. There is just one silly
little niggle that I have though, and I am wondering if there is an add on,
or plug in, or IE shell around that will solve it for me. The tiny little
padlock that indicates I am on (or not on as the case may be) a secure site.
For such an important indication it seems real daft to have something so
tiny. Admittedly my eyes are not 100%, and I do miss seeing clearly whether
it is open or shut at times. Surely for something so important a better idea
would be for the whole border of the browser window to turn red or
something, or the title bar, or, for heaven's sake, a bigger indication
icon, or something. Does anyone know of something out there that does it
better (for my old eyes anyway please)? Many thanks in advance.
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===== you should get the small ad-0n called "Spoof Stick" from...
http://www.corestreet.com/spoofstick/ ... there is a version for IE
or Firefox ============
 
Ah ha! That's more like it. Thanks for that - I was unaware of that in FF. I
might just be tempted to have a sneaky look at it. Appreciate your answer.
Thanks.
 
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