how to remove Mozilla favicon from address bar

[jbclem]

The "Mozilla Corporation (US)" favicon is ridiculously long and takes up
2/5th of my address bar. I'd like to remove it, but from the research I've
done it seems only the site (that's using the favicon) administrator can
change or remove it.

Is there a way to remove it or at least shorten it to a small logo?


John

[jbclem]

I forgot to mention I'm using WIndows 2000 and FF12.

John


"jbclem" <jbc...@charter.net> wrote in message
news:7rmdnaSLnf1rapnM...@mozilla.org...

[Christian Riechers]

Assuming you're talking about mozilla.org, the site has a green Site
Identification button. It means that it is using an “Extended Validation
certificate” (EV).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Validation_Certificate
The green Site Identification button indicates that the site provides
fully verified identity information about its owner, and that the
connection is encrypted.
With the EV certificate, the Site Identification button assures you that
mozilla.org is owned by the Mozilla Foundation.
Messing with it would be a silly idea IMV.
You can make the search bar smaller to free up space for the URL bar
instead.

--
Christian

[0'Grady]

I have a folder in my Firefox profile named Chrome. Within that folder I
have a file named userChrome.css. Within that file I have the following
entry which seems to do the trick. At least I don't get those annoying
long icons anymore, iirc.

/* Remove unimportant Location Bar Icon Text
-- click on the favicon to see information
-- http://eriwen.com/firefox/use-the-dom-inspector/
-- Firefox 4.0+ again respects browser.identity.ssl_domain_display
set to 0 */
#identity-icon-label { display: none !important; }

--
0'Grady

[Keith Nuttle]

Specifically what favicon are you talking about?

There are site favicons in the Tab id.

There is an icon in the address bar that indicates site security. ie it
changes depending on whether it is HTTP, HTTPS etc.

Or the FireFox icon at the vary top left of the FF window.

All but the security icon in the address bar can be changed.

[»Q«]

I should stress that it's a very bad idea to remove the site identity
area of the UI, and I don't recommend it.

With that said, this styling will remove it from sight:

@namespace url(http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul);
box#identity-box { display: none !important }

You can use the Stylish extension to apply the style.

[EE]

That is not exactly a favicon. That is the identity box. That
information is from a verified identity which tells you who operates the
website. It is useful information for security.

[VanguardLH]

That's called the Site Identity button. It's label comes from the
"Issued To -> Organization" record of the site certificate. When you
visit https://www.mozilla.org/ or https://www.paypal.com/, click on the
green area (the Site Identity button) to get more info. Click on the
Site Identify button (requires HTTPS to a site using an EV cert). click
on More Information, and then click on View Certificate. Look under the
Issue To section at the Organzation record. Obviously a site owner
wants to provide a long enough string to identify it is their
certificate. It probably comes from the registration data given to the
CA (certificate authority) when acquiring a certificate. I'm guessing
the "(US)" that you see is the region for the cert's registrant.

http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-tell-if-my-connection-is-secure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Validation_Certificate

https://blog.mozilla.org/ux/2012/06/site-identity-ui-updates/

As noted, having a padlock (gray) lets you know the connection is
encrypted but no strong proof as to who actually owns the domain. They
bought a site certificate for THEM to permit you to have an encrypted
connection with them. The EV cert goes further to show the owner of the
site to which you make an encrypted connect.

Apparently you can install something (probably an add-on) that will
modify the behavior of the address bar (aka awesome bar) so the Site
Identity button disappears when the address bar has focus (i.e., when
you click in the address bar). See:

http://userstyles.org/styles/8666/hide-site-identity-button-if-url-bar-is-focused

Q already mentioned using the Stylish add-on to add this type of
behavior to Firefox's address bar.

[Ed Mullen]

jbclem wrote:
> I forgot to mention I'm using WIndows 2000 and FF12.
>
> John

Err, you do know it's 2013, eh?

Windows 2000??? Really? Geez, this computer's 6 years old but even I
have Windows 7. Dude, life changes. Move one.




--
Ed Mullen
http://edmullen.net/
"Harmony seldom makes a headline." - Silas Bent