If you’re like me, you’ve visited sites like PayPal or GoDaddy and wondered why, in Firefox, they have a large green Favicon, unlike the smaller ones we’re used to seeing. So, what’s that all about?
Mozilla has a newer feature included that appends the URL of the site onto the Favicon (along with the green background) to show that it has a valid SSL certificate. Clicking on a Favicon in Firefox brings up a dropdown with some information as you can see below.
Clicking on the More Information… button brings up the Page Info window. You can view PayPal’s below.
You can see that on sites with SSL Certificates there is additional information on the Security tab of their Page Info windows. Compare these to your site’s to see how they differ.
Another use of the Favicon in Firefox is the ability to drag it to your Bookmarks or History menu items or sidebars to easily save your favorite sites. You can even drag and drop it onto your computer’s desktop.
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UPDATE:
I should point out that just by having a SSL Certificate Firefox will not automatically display a green “secure” Favicon… Click here for an example of various packages offered by one provider, one of which includes the green address bar.
