It's there, just not out in the open.
1. Go to a web page 2. Click the "tabs" button in the bottom right corner 3. Press the "i" icon on the tab 4. Press the security circle for even more info
I know. You can tap on a button to reveal a button to show three more buttons to get some details. But there's a reason I didn't bother to mention that in my post: No one will ever do this.
Edit: changed 'click' to 'tap' (old habits die hard)
Re:New iPad browser from Opera
by brongondwana on Monday September 09, 2013 @09:06PM
(#6357362)
The underlying problem is that nobody checks security indicators anyway.
Re:New iPad browser from Opera
by samweinberg on Monday September 09, 2013 @09:47PM
(#6357552)
True, but hiding them will only make it worse.
1. Unless you prefix URLs with http or https, you are relying on Opera and/or Google's algorithms to point you to the correct page. Some might say that's a feature, except...
2. You cannot see the URL of recommended pages before you select them or while you are browsing them.
3. There no indication whether you accessed a page via HTTP or HTTPS.
This browser teaches users to ignore security. It assumes that no one ever enters a typo, that Google's search results can never be gamed, and that any anti-phishing functionality they have included (one would hope) is fully up to date.
All the respect that I had for Opera as a company just vanished.