Firefox 2.0 Wins Phishfight Against IE7

An anonymous reader writes "A new study that pitted the anti-phishing technology in Firefox 2.0 against that of IE7 generated some interesting results. From the Washingtonpost.com story: 'Firefox blocked 243 phishing sites that IE7 overlooked, while IE7 locked 117 sites that Firefox did not.' Microsoft responded by pointing to its own supposed comparison study that put it in front of Mozilla and others in phish fighting, but the story notes: '3Sharp, the company that authored the Microsoft study, clearly state on their site that their goal in creating 3Sharp was "to use the robustness, flexibility, and sheer native capabilities of the Microsoft communication and collaboration technologies to enhance the business of our customers."'"

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A suggested improvement

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I suggest an improvement to Firefox 2.0. This refers to browsing an un-secure site. Currently, the "warning" icon that embeds itself in the location bar is not that visible. I suggest programmers introduce one that is clearly visible or change the color of the location bar background when such a site is hit.

On the subject of phishing, I have not come across one, so my request is for a slashdotter to point me to an example so that I can check out one of Firefox's much hyped goodies. Thanks.