The problem, apparently, arrises when sites decide to use tricky favicons such as padlocks to give off a false sense of security. According to the blog post, “this behavior can trick users in to thinking that a site is using a secure connection when on an unsecured connection.” Because of these offenders, starting with yesterdays’s nightly, Firefox will no longer include the favicon in the address bar.
Firefox Kills Off Favicon In URL Bar
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Seeded on Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:16 AM
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